Snail Eggs?

[radioman]

I thought that snails could only lay eggs outside of the water? I have little clumps of what look light eggs in my water attached to the tank wall.

 

[lljdma06]

I thought that snails could only lay eggs outside of the water? I have little clumps of what look light eggs in my water attached to the tank wall.

I often encounter snail eggs on the leaves of plants, on decorations, and on the glass and many species are opportunistic layers. One species, however is a livebearer, though.

I find that not feeding the fish for a few days does a great job with population control, as does manually removing them. Avoid the temptation to use a chemical remover, as you can also harm beneficial invertebrates (shrimp, etc).

llj

 

[radioman]

Well they dont harm my plants and actually look like they are cleaning my tank so they aren't that bad but my 2 clown loaches control the population.

 

[frozenbarb]

Dont know where you got that from but Alot of snails that live in water lay eggs in water.
Except the Apple snail

 

[backtotropical]

I have the same problem in my fry tank. Try this. Add a slice of cucumber to the tank, wait..................

Snails should flock to it, once theres loads on it, remove it from the tank.

It doesn't cure the problem, but goes a long way towards population control.