Snails eggs EVERYWHERE

[Synirr]

I just set up a new 5 gallon aquarium two days ago, and I added six snails. Three ramshorn, three trumpet. I already have nine, yes NINE, separate little jelly packets of snail eggs on the sides of the tank. Trumpets give live birth, so I'm told, so they must all be from those three rams horns. WHAT THE HECK?! Are they really THAT prolific, or am I just unlucky?? Nine egg packets in 2 days seems like an awful lot. If they're laying eggs at a similar rate in my 10 gallon and I'm just not seeing them... well, I dread the thought. That tank probably has about 15-20 ramshorns as it is! And those are only the adults....

 

[littlefishie]

I'd say unlucky.

I just discovered snail eggs on my hornwort last night, and had to scoop them out. I have enough in there already!

Why not just take out the egg sacks? Or if you do let them hatch, do the lettuce trick to get rid of them.

 

[RandomWiktor]

I think you have some egg sacks to vaccum up and dispose of...

Its possible that the ones you bought were already "pregnant" or whatever snails get.

I'm curious to ask, but why so many snails seeing as they breed exponentially? Do you use them to get rid of algae or are they pets? I was considering getting a few as pets but I'm worried about the reproduction.

 

[handsomeboy]

now u know how i feel

i do believe they are just that energetic. often i would see 2 or 3 little ones clinging to the back of a big one, trying to get some

 

[Synirr]

I happen to like snails... I didn't buy them, though, they all came in on plants I bought and reproduced to their current numbers for there. The snails in the new 5 gallon came straight out of my 10 gallon
The snails in the 10 gallon are doing a great job of eating algae and keeping my substrate turned, and there aren't so many of them as to cause problems because my female bettas like to eat the eggs. I kinda want to let the eggs hatch in the 5 gallon, but come on... that many snails, that quickly, in with feeder guppies who won't eat them.... just doesn't seem like a good idea, lol.

Oh dangit, I just spotted another bunch of eggs.

 

[handsomeboy]

pond and ramshorn snails do eat hair algae, as ive found out

but other than that, theres nothing good about them (IMO)

 

[FrAnK3333]

I hate snails, they reproduce too much.

 

[Acrobit]

Nine egg sacs... holy heck! I have one ramshorn snail and I seem to continually get tons of babies from him/her - I don't even spot the eggs, it's just one day there's a whole group of ramshorn snails. I love snails though, so it doesn't really bother me.

Good luck, I'd just scrape the eggs off the side of the tank and throw them away if it's getting to be too much for you.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

nope, sorry bud. those are just the eggs you can see. you're probably stuck with them unless you add some snail-rid or something.

 

[Synirr]

nope, sorry bud. those are just the eggs you can see. you're probably stuck with them unless you add some snail-rid or something.

Thanks, but I'd rather not kill every living thing in my tank!

 

[LoachLover]

Snails are pretty darn prolific lol


I've found rosy barbs will eat the young snails and the eggs though.