Help! What is it? Is it alive??

[Chellebean7678]

I opened my hood tonight for the feeding and found this. It looks like its alive!
I have one Angel, 5 round banded barbs, five x-ray tetras, a ghost shrimp, and 2 nerite snails, 1 mystic snail (it's body is the same color of this "thing").
Any ideas on what this is? Should I remove it?

 

[Chellebean7678]

*mystery snail

 

[shellyx]

Pictures aren't too good on my fone but I think it's mystery snail egg sac? They lay them on hoods and above the water line.

 

[Chellebean7678]

I only have one. How did it mate? I thought they were not asexual.
It's creepy looking.

 

[shellyx]

I only have one. How did it mate? I thought they were not asexual.
It's creepy looking.

Snail's can store sperm for a long time, yours must be a girl. If you're not wanting babies you can remove the sac and put it in a zip lock bag and then put it in your freezer. I've been lucky so far mine are all boy's! And yep it doesn't look very nice.

 

[Chellebean7678]

Wow! My mind is blown! Thank you for your help with the identification. I didn't know if it was the snails, some weird bug got in the tank somehow, or if it was some strange breed of bacteria.
I have never thought about having snail babies.
I'm sure a lot would hatch. Hmm.. I wonder if my other fish would eat them...

 

[shellyx]

Wow! My mind is blown! Thank you for your help with the identification. I didn't know if it was the snails, some weird bug got in the tank somehow, or if it was some strange breed of bacteria.
I have never thought about having snail babies.
I'm sure a lot would hatch. Hmm.. I wonder if my other fish would eat them...

No problem some might get eaten but I'm sure you'll have a few survivors. Good luck with them

 

[Chellebean7678]

Thank you!