eggs???

[kimmi_7]

Sadly as i had noticed a dead ghost shrimp, i had to move a piece of slate to get to, my finger ran in to a slimly "gloop". I turned the slate around in the tank to check it out and it looks like clear eggs. Now I am not sure what they are from though. I have mostly live bearers, a couple snails, a couple angel fish and neon tetras. So have NO clue what they could be from. Its a little batch, clear, and stuck on the slate pretty good. Anyone able to help me out with what they maybe???

 

[tyspot1000]

What kind of snails do you have? Pond snails? They have clear egg sacks with little white eggs in them, Was this what you seen?

 

[kimmi_7]

i have a few baby mystery and two adult mystery's. i read that they tend to have eggs that look like gum and near the top of the tank, if it is mystery eggs, i might be thinking of getting them out asap as i dont need tons of snails lol

 

[tyspot1000]

It wouldnt be the Mysteries eggs, Like you said, they lay their eggs above the water line, Only above the water line.

 

[kimmi_7]

Maybe I will wait and see then. Could be frog eggs, I do have two dwarf frogs.

 

[Jason7894561230]

Maybe

 

[kimmi_7]

ok so a update to the mystery eggs. Well everything I have read about mystery snails laying eggs outta water are wrong. It was snail eggs so now I have to watch mny snails close so it doesnt happen again........................back to picking out snail babies.

 

[mfdrookie516]

Is is a clear half moon shaped sack of eggs?

 

[kimmi_7]

yes it was and si was the one i pulled out today. so maybe i dont have mystery snails then lol but apple???

 

[mfdrookie516]

If you saw eggs shaped like that, you have pond snails... You may not see them, but theyre there

 

[dkpate]

My mystery snail lays eggs all the time, and they are NEVER in the water, unless she knocks them off.

If you have an apple snail, and not a mystery snail (technically the same thing, but scientific names are different), then it is going to get huge. Mystery snails get about the size of a golfball, and an apple snail gets about the size of a baseball/softball.

This is a pic of her laying them, and a pic of her:

 

[kimmi_7]

i am sure now they are pond snails. Guess i will be looking for a cleaning crew as I dont want pond snails

 

[dkpate]

Assassin snails work well, as does putting a piece of lettuce or zuchinni in there at night, then removing it the next morning. There should be snails all over it. I can't bring myself to make anything suffer, so I have assassin snails.