Snails On Side Of Tank

[Lord Spooky]

I bought some new plants for my new tank im starting up and now have 6 baby snails crawling on the side. Do you always get baby snails on new plants? Also the side of my tank seems to have like a fuzz growing on the side. I'm not sure if this is algie but help would be appreciated.

 

[RadaR]

No, you don't always get baby snails on plants. It's quite common though. Best to rinse the plants. Andy wrote a great article about it. Here it is.

Fuzz... it may be algae with debris stuck to it.

 

[Lord Spooky]

so there not snail eggs or anything right? Do snails even lay eggs

 

[SuperColey1]

yes they do.

common pest snails tend to lay clear jelly like blobs with white dots in them but I haven't seen how ramshorns and MTS eggs look yet.

Andy

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

Yeah snails do lay eggs. But they look like a tiny cluster of semi-transparent jelly-covered dots. Usually on the underside of leaves or behind filters etc. Loaches are good at getting rid of snails and their eggs, so if you haven't decided on which fish to go in the tank yet you could always consider a little group of loaches

Meh... you got there before me! Sorry about that. I wasn't being a parrot!

 

[Lord Spooky]

oooo boy.
I think i may have a ton of snail eggs in my tank heres some pics.

 

[Lord Spooky]

crap im really nervous on this one guys, I need help

 

[hunterm8]

get yourself a polkadot loach!! they love them

 

[aaronc]

I have a huge snail population lol and my clown loach are not big enough to eat them yet

 

[Lord Spooky]

how big do these guys get becase i have a 35 gallon tank thats been cycled for a week and can obiously support life. All stats are normal so i suppose ill get one

 

[hunterm8]

how big do these guys get becase i have a 35 gallon tank thats been cycled for a week and can obiously support life. All stats are normal so i suppose ill get one

not very big 2 - 2.5 " i guess, i have a couple which rid the tank of snails!