A Clear Substance Approximately 1 Cm Long And 2-3 Mm

[Aqua Andy]

Hi,

I have a clear substance attached to one of the leaves of my Vallisneria which is approximately 1 cm long and 2-3 mm wide and deep and has approximately 30 tiny white dots inside.

It has been there a few days.

Any ideas what it could be?


Andy

 

[Rodders]

Fish eggs???

 

[Aqua Andy]

I'd be delighted if it was.


Andy

 

[Rodders]

Can you get a picture, they should be little round blobs.

 

[emma12321]

Hi,

If it looks like a blob of clear jelly with white dots its snail eggs, best removed before they hatch.

Emma

 

[Aqua Andy]

Can you get a picture, they should be little round blobs.

Not a bad picture considering I took it with my mobile.

 

[CFC]

Snail eggs.

 

[emma12321]

yup i still say snail eggs, is it the tank in your sig with the

5 Harlequin Rasbora
1 Flame Tetra
3 Corydoras Sterbai
2 Otocinclus

the rasboras and tetra are egg scatterers and the corys and otos have eggs which are each individually placed without a sack around them.

Emma

 

[Aqua Andy]

Are snails 'pests'.

Is it good to have a few or should I remove them.

I currently have about 5-10 small snails plus the eggs of course.

They arrived uninvited with a plant.

 

[emma12321]

I'd remove them as they quickly take over. The type of snail that lays those eggs are the common pond snails or bladder snails, they will eat plants and get inside the filter and stuff they are a pain. My 180 is currently having serious snail problems. Good snails to have are apple snails so long as they are brigs, nerites and trumpet snails.

Emma

 

[Aqua Andy]

yup i still say snail eggs, is it the tank in your sig with the

5 Harlequin Rasbora
1 Flame Tetra
3 Corydoras Sterbai
2 Otocinclus

the rasboras and tetra are egg scatterers and the corys and otos have eggs which are each individually placed without a sack around them.

Emma

Yes it is. An extremely informative post.

Thanks.

 

[Aqua Andy]

I've just removed the eggs and seven snails.

6 had black "hermit crab" style shells and 1 had a brown "rolled' style shell like a fossil or roll of flat bubble gum.

I can't see anymore right now but I'll remove the rest when they appear.

 

[Fella]

Hermit crab style shells sound like MTS. I deliberately introduced these to my tank as they burrow in the substrate (meaning no dead spots), eat algae and eat left over mess. I like them, but, I can see why people would class them as a pest also.

You can double check in the invertebrates forum pinned topic for types of snails.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i just have to say that's the best close-up of snail eggs that i can recall. can anybody think of a good pinned topic to append that image too? it'd be a big help with answering all the other questions along the lines of the original post. (and believe me andy, you aren't the first and won't be the last person to ask about this kind of eggsac.)

 

[emma12321]

If you want to id your snails there are pics in the pinned topic at the top of the inverts section. Trumpet snails have live young so the eggs are from the pond snails.

Emma