2 Shells randomly appeared in my freshwater tank!

[FloridaChick]

I haven't added anything but regrettably some duckweed to my tank in months and removed my Gold Mystery Snails even more months ago. One shell just appeared then days later another. Anyone else have this odd phenomenon and any idea how or why?

 

[PlasticGalaxy]

Might have dropped in on a plant or something. Or maybe eggs.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Hitch hikers

 

[FloridaChick]

Hitch hikers

 

[FloridaChick]

Might have dropped in on a plant or something. Or maybe eggs.

Do they look alive???

 

[Slaphppy7]

Do they look alive???

Yep

 

[FloridaChick]

Yep

You're messing with me

 

[Sgooosh]

You're messing with me

they are cute
sulawesi snails??? or malaysian trumpet

 

[Slaphppy7]

You're messing with me

See if they move from where they are now...

 

[FloridaChick]

they are cute
sulawesi snails??? or malaysian trumpet

So cute, better not be crazy breeders like mystery snails, what a disaster. They would be a pleasure if they didn't have a nasty bioload.

 

[FloridaChick]

See if they move from where they are now...

Maybe they resurrected from the coral

 

[Slaphppy7]

Maybe they resurrected from the coral

What coral?
After a second look just now, I'm not sure if they are alive or not....or what type they are....try nudging them with a bent wire coat hanger, and see if they move after a while...make sure the operculum is facing downward on the substrate...

Mystery snail reproduction is easy to control, they lay a mass of eggs OUTSIDE of the water, usually on the underside of a tank lid, and are easy to remove and dispose of...pest snails lay eggs everywhere there's water, period, much harder to eradicate

 

[FloridaChick]

What coral?
After a second look just now, I'm not sure if they are alive or not....or what type they are....try nudging them with a bent wire coat hanger, and see if they move after a while...make sure the operculum is facing downward on the substrate...

Mystery snail reproduction is easy to control, they lay a mass of eggs OUTSIDE of the water, usually on the underside of a tank lid, and are easy to remove and dispose of...pest snails lay eggs everywhere there's water, period, much harder to

they are cute
sulawesi snails??? or malaysian trumpet

Help! I didn't think much about these things, figured it was dead duckweed leaves, yea the leaves were that small. Did he include all these and are they really eggs???

 

[Sgooosh]

Help! I didn't think much about these things, figured it was dead duckweed leaves, yea the leaves were that small. Did he include all these and are they really eggs???

maybe those are eggs.
not dead duck weed

 

[Slaphppy7]

Mystery snail juvies, from an egg clutch you didn't find/remove, is my guess...again, if they're moving

Are they stationary, or moving?