Snail eggs?

[satanpie]

Today i fouind this weird clump of things above the water level on the side of my tank, i touched it and it is hard, it looks liek somehitng out of A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE im guessing it snail eggs? what should i do with them? oi dont really want to have 100s of snails.

 

[Lupin]

Yes, they are. Congratulations. Are these brig eggs?

 

[msjinkzd]

I would freeze them overnight and throw them away

 

[satanpie]

Haha, I got 2 totally different responses!

 

[Arakkis]

Apple snail eggs of the pomacea complex?

 

[Lupin]

I would freeze them overnight and throw them away

I'm confused.

 

[Yadokari]

To make sure they don't hatch if it gets into water(?) I think.

 

[thebullit]

they will be apple snail eggs. you can freeze them like jinkz said if you dont want to hatch them or you could squwish em. or break in half and hatch only half the batch.

 

[msjinkzd]

The reason i responded to freeze them Lupin is because she said she didn't want a hundred baby snails. From my first clutch I hatched, I got about 120 babies. The most recent clutch gave me about 90. Each clutch can produce anywhere from about 50-200 babies. As adults, that is ALOT of tank space needed. If satanpie does not have the ability ot house that many, or the desire to raise them, freezing or crushing the clutch is the best option. I freeze about 6 clutches a week in order to not be irresponsible with housing my snails. You can try and incubate a portion of the clutch if you would like more, but even a quarter of a clutch could mean 20 or 30 baby snails which is a BIG bioload when full grown. I do daily 40% water changes on my snail tank to keep them healthy, its not for everyone, LOL.

 

[Lupin]

Ahhh, I got it, hun.