Any idea what this is?

[black udder]

I have two of them in my tank - outside the water. One on the glass and one on the T-bar supporting the light.

I have snails, and a variety of fish, but this is just weird...

 

[Fruitbat]

That is an Apple Snail egg cluster. They move up to the surface to deposit their eggs. With a little luck you'll have plenty of snails in the very near future.

-Joe

 

[lmw80]

agreed. Get ready for lots of snails!

 

[Jchillin]

I got dibs!

 

[black udder]

eggs

Awesome folks! Thanks for the replies.

Now the wife can rest easy that it's not some "horrible thing"

I suspect, however, that the clown loach will take care of these guys before they get too big...

Any way to keep them safe?

 

[megladonsharky]

moved them to qt

 

[crazycat]

the clutch needs to stay out of water until the babies hatch. when they do, they drop into the water. as afr as i know, it's not good to submerge the clutch...

 

[DiverDown]

You're actually going to want your loach to eat some of the young. Snails get out of hand quickly.