Eggs - Fish Or Snails?

[steve.rosie]

My fiance` and I have had our tank for a couple of months now. We have 2 Silver Sharks, 1 Catfish Sucker, 5 Mollies, 2 Black Widows, 2 Zebras (not exactly sure but remember Zebra in the name), about 10 snails (that came with the live plants and they've grown really quickly and they're blackish brown), and live plants.

We were cleaning the tank today and noticed a small amount of eggs layed in a jelly like blob just under the water line behind the filter.

We aren't sure what they are and we aren't sure that the particular snails that we have are good for our plants.

Can someone help?

Thanks,

Steve and Rosie

 

[Gourami123]

sounds like snail eggs to me

and if you want to get rid of the snails(because their numbers will shoot up quickly)

im sure a few clown loaches will do the job for you

 

[Essjay]

im sure a few clown loaches will do the job for you

Only if your tank is at least 55 gallons.



Remove the eggs, and any snails you find. The main cause of a snail population expolsion is overfeeding the fish. They'll stay at reasonable numbers if you don't overfeed. A few snails won't do any harm.

 

[Curiosity101]

Are they ramshorn snails by any chance? They leave their eggs in clear circular blobs on plant, glass, filters etc. They're pretty solid structures but scrape off easily. If they are ramshorns then they're safe with plants.

As essjay said, just try to to overfeed and remove any eggs/snails you find (that you don't want).

Btw side note...

Silver sharks are normally bala sharks and grow to just over 12" long. They like to shoal and require a 4ft tank to grow in and a 6ft+ tank to live in long term if they're to be kept properly.
The catfish sucker - may well be a common pleco, leopard sailfin pleco etc. They grow to at least 20" and need a 6ft tank long term.
The zebras will more than likely be zebra danios, these are shoaling fish and should be in a group of 5 or more of their own species.
The black widows are also a shoaling species and same rules apply 5 or more is the best way too keep them to allow them to act naturally and feel safe.
Oh and if you have a mixture of female and male mollies then with 5 expect lots of babies! This could really mess with your water stats so just be aware of that.