what are these? eggs? seeds? garbage?

[easystreet]

just noticed this on one of my plants and im not sure what it is..

thanks for taking a look

i have platies, otos, paradise fish and MTS in the tanks and possibly another type of snail but i dont know what that would be or how it got in there..

 

[Dangerdoll]

pond snail eggs

 

[247Plants]

Agreed with the pond snails....

Nip it in the bud and get em out now.....

 

[easystreet]

is this a pond snail?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

looks like it.

 

[Sarr]

I'd actually be happy for you if they weren't crazed plant eaters and multiply like bunnies in heat.

 

[247Plants]

FYI- they dont eat healthy plants. I have 2 different types of pond snails in 3 of my tanks and all the plants look great!

 

[Dangerdoll]

they don't eat "all" healthy plants. There are some plants that they will devour. I have a planted tank and they completely finished one type of plant only in my tank but left the others alone. I'll have to look up what it was as I don't recall the name off hand.

 

[rich311k]

I have had them for years. I have never see one eat a healthy plant. I think they make a pretty good clean up crew. Don't over feed the tank and they won't over populate the tank.

 

[geofied]

OK, I haven't seen a snail of this variety eat any plants unless the plant is rotting already. I have hundreds of these snails in various tanks. Remove 'em if you want, or just use this as an excuse to get a dwarf Puffer, they eat snails for breakfast....lunch...dinner...snacks...

BTW, they are fantastic for breaking down uneaten food into more plant-ready nutrients as well.