Fool me once...

[Becca]

Yesterday morning I was both perplexed and excited - There were EGGS on the glass of the 29. They looked an awful lot like Cory eggs, but this made NO sense - that tank is currently running at around 88 degrees to combat the ich that somehow jumped from the 150 in the basement, up the stairs, past obsessive hand-washing, to my poor little 29. Cory cats don't breed in HOT water...

I thought, hey, maybe it's the Nerite snails, but the eggs from the one in the 6 gallon are much smaller than this...

Well, I googled Nerite snail eggs and, what do you know, it's the dang Nerite snails. Wouldn't you figure, I can't get the eggs off the glass for love or money and, even though they are not supposed to hatch in fresh water, a fair number of them appear to be doing just that...

 

[chriscoli]

I think nerite snails do hatch, but the larvae don't survive. Rachel might correct me on this, though.

 

[mchambers]

That's my understanding, too. And the eggs are a bit unsightly.

 

[jonclark96]

Razor blades work well for removing the eggs from glass.

 

[Becca]

Razor blades work well for removing the eggs from glass.

Yes, I used to use them for algae, but I always worry about scratching the tank!

 

[msjinkzd]

they will sometimes pop their lids and release veligers, but they won't become snails in full freshwater

 

[Leffler817]

I have a plastic dish scraper from pampered chef that works well. They were a three pack my wife brought home from some 'party'. I took one to try it out and "lost it" in with the fish stuff.


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