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	Are these snail eggs?
flash Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 8 Votes: 1 Registered: 05-Oct-2001	[link]http://hyperupload.com/download/0236a2c690/whitespots.jpg.html Got three Zebra Neritina but have now noticed these small white lumps on things inside the tank. Are they snail eggs or something more deadly?
Posted 28-Sep-2006 14:52
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Your pic doesn't work but if they are little white hard dots, somewhat oval, they are nerite eggs. Won't hatch though unless you have a few of the freshwater nerites like olive. Most are brackish and survive in freshwater but need brackish to saltwater conditions to reproduce. You can either scrape the eggs off or eventually they will peel away and get sucked into the filter. Laying eggs everywhere is the only downside to nerites.
Posted 28-Sep-2006 23:59
dmarkham0117 Hobbyist Posts: 68 Kudos: 18 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-Sep-2006	Sham, Here is the photo if it helps.... Flash, Sorry...but I had to resize it to be able to post it. I got most of the white spots though. Dan[img] *Attached Image:*
Posted 29-Sep-2006 16:14
flash Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 8 Votes: 1 Registered: 05-Oct-2001	Ok, so looks like it is eggs..These snails are the best algae eaters. But looks like there is a downside. Thanks to dmarkham0117for posting picture
Posted 29-Sep-2006 19:40
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Yep those are nerite eggs. It means you have very happy nerites but does get annoying at times. If you frequently scrape the eggs off the front sometimes they'll use the back glass more where they are less annoying.
Posted 30-Sep-2006 00:43
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Has anyone bred Nerite Snails?. Mine lay Pinkish eggs, but i never saw any young ones. Any help, please. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 05-Oct-2006 10:03
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	It could probably be done but all the commonly sold nerites require changing salinity and while that isn't impossible they also hatch out into a planktonic larval stage. Not miniature adults like most freshwater snails. They are almost always destroyed by any filtration on the tank or eaten by any aquarium inhabitants. That means you need a very specialized tank to actually get baby nerites.
Posted 06-Oct-2006 02:24
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	sham, so you think that a brackish water tank, with a low current box filter might do the trick?. I would do a tank for them only & keep them there, as at the moment i have 6 Nerite Snails. Do they need a heater, or they survive well in the winter?. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 06-Oct-2006 09:11
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Edited by sham Applesnail.net has setup a breeding attempt for a nerite species and I believe has at least one person that's bred them before. http://applesnail.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5666 If you look through the forum there are a few other threads where people have at least gotten the larvae to survive for awhile. Otherwise I cannot even find attempts at breeding them much less success stories. You'd be best off keeping any nerites in the high 70sF but they do survive down around 40F when necessary.
Posted 06-Oct-2006 21:16
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Thanks alot sham. The link is very interesting & worth trying. Thanks once again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 07-Oct-2006 13:13


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