Are these snail eggs?
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mrgreen
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Are these snail eggs?
Found these in my tank today. I can't figure out how to zoom in in the forum, but they look like it to me. Maybe snails?
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
yep they are
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
So what do I do? I took out the two ghost shrimp in case they'd try to eat them. There are snails and blood worms and one fiddler crab, otherwise.
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
I guess just leave them. If you're really worried, you could try getting a razor blade or something and gently removing them from the glass, then keeping them in a plastic container or spare tank till they hatch.
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
The crab rarely comes out from inside his piece of wood. I was hoping the snails would breed- more snails for my puffer. 
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
Just leave them they should hatch soon enough. There are probably eggs in places you can't see as well.
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
Really, are they snail eggs? I found something like those in my tank about 2 months ago, but nothing happened in the 2 months. I got sick of how they looked one day and scrubbed them all off....
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
They look a lot like snail eggs to me. I have a whole breeder tank with patches that look like that.
Snail eggs take about 7-10 days to hatch, any longer than that they are probably dead.
Snail eggs take about 7-10 days to hatch, any longer than that they are probably dead.
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
Yup, snail eggs. Tons of them on the glass in my snail breeding tank. Now, those are only the ones you see.... 
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
Yes, I have a snail tank with loads of those eggs in it. I also have 2 crabs in there and the crabs don't really mess with the snails too much, although if my big crab gets hungry and I don't put anything in right away, he will try to break into the snails shell. That's the thing with ramshorn snails, you just get one or two and before long you have loads of them!
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
So what about water changes then? Just suck out the water from the top? My tanks are due for w/cs.
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
Yup...snails eggs are not free floating. Go ahead an syphon
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
I saw a "ball" of them floating around the tank, though! One of the shrimp had ahold of it, so I took both shrimp out.liquid88 wrote:Yup...snails eggs are not free floating. Go ahead an syphon
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
In that case they probably were dislodged from a decoration..or maybe the shrimp just wanted a snack? LOL
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Re: Are these snail eggs?
They do sometimes come loose from whatever they've been stuck to. Most times they will fall onto something else, I believe they go ahead and hatch out anyway, I don't think it causes them any problems when they are free-floating. In fact, I think they are just about indestructible! I know when I had them in my community tank and I didn't want them there, it seemed like no matter what I did, they prevailed anyway. So don't worry too much about them. If a batch were to be destroyed, there's probably 5 more to replace that batch, that's how numerous they are. Your tank will be filled with them before long. Just make sure to keep them well fed.
I know when I had them in my community tank and I didn't want them there, it seemed like no matter what I did, they prevailed anyway. So don't worry too much about them. If a batch were to be destroyed, there's probably 5 more to replace that batch, that's how numerous they are. Your tank will be filled with them before long. Just make sure to keep them well fed. "Puffer .... man's best friend?"