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i wasnt sure if i should put this under the Plant section, but i figured either way, i'll get more replies here. Sorry if that was a bad idea.

Anyways, i just noticed today that under one of the leaves on my Rotala Rotundifolia there appears to be a clear bubble with approximately 10 white circular dots inside.

I just bought this 29G tank on march 15, filtered until the 17th, bought 3 zebra danios to cycle the tank with and it appears to be doing fine. Although, im not sure what this bubble-like formation is as i've only been fishkeeping for 4 days. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks guys!

nevermind guys, i just figured out that they are snail eggs.... that sucks

I rinsed the plant and everything before i put it in the tank and there were no signs of this before..

still, any input on snails to help me out would be appreciated!

You should be able to do a search for pas links on this site for lots of help on snails. One suggestion is to weigh down a piece of lettuce in your tank overnight. By the morning it should be covered in snails and you can fish it out, removing all the snails, Repeat for a couple of nights and you should be sorted.

Alternatively you can buy some snail eating fish. I believe Clown Loaches, Yo-Yo Loaches and Chained Loaches are all meant to be good for this. Check the profiles section here though to make sure they won't grow too big for your tank (especially the Clown).

I think you can also get some chemical treatments, but I don't know a lot about that. I'd be a bit worried on the effect on my fish.

Finally, you can sit there yourself picking them out. I've got a bit of a snail problem myself, I've got a few Chained Loaches, but they're not doing a great deal of snail eating at the moment I've just spent half the day fishing out the snails myself. I'm hoping that the loaches will get going soon, no matter how many I pick out, 5 mins later there always seem to be more.

Good Luck.

Snails don't become a problem unless the tank is being overfed. I suggest leaving the snails there, because they are effective detritus and algae eaters.

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As soon as the tank settles down you can buy a small Clown Loach he will clean up the tank very fast. I introduced some snails via the substrate not the plants as they were well treated before being placed into the tank.

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