EEEEWWWWWWWW!! whats this?

[guppy12]

We found this in the top of a tank (on the lid (flippy part)
We found this today and previously a month and a half ago.
In the tank their is 6 juv thread-fin rainbows, 1 apple snail, 2 dwarf platys, 4 juv BBR, 2 juv yo-yo loaches, and 10 albino neons...
its a moderately planted tank and a fluorite substrate
Its really really wierd

 

[imrandome1]

eeeewwwwww nasty, i dont now what it is, crack it open, i guess there is something inside?

 

[guppy12]

Its like a cacoon
its all gooe inside

8O

 

[BillD]

I believe apple snails lay their eggs above the water. I have never had one, so can't be sure, but it would be my guess.

 

[Zagz]

I would have to guess the same, it looks like a snail clutch.

 

[fishfairy]

I think it's an apple snail egg sac. Compare it to this picture from Google:

They probably would have never hatched though if you only have 1 apple snail. They need a male and a female to reproduce.

 

[plecoperson]

It is an apple snail clutch. Depending on how long you've had your female, they might be fertile-the females can store sperm for some months!

You can try hatching it, but if it's fertile you will have a million babies.

 

[tropicfishman]

thats a snail sack of eggs, they do lay them right above the water line for some reason

 

[guppy12]

Okay thank-you