tomherndon
Aquarium Advice Activist
Not sure if this is a general discussion or a newbie topic for troubleshooting.
Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed several clear "globs" with little white bodies at different spots on my tank - on glass, plants and a ceramic tile edge. A couple have disappeared and then others have surfaced. The blobs remind me of video of frog eggs; mostly clear media with suspended eggs.
I had a couple of hitchhiking snails when I placed plants that weren't evident until weeks later - not sure the type of snail- and wonder if the blobs may be snail eggs.
background on tank:
The tank now two months with fish (almost three months total)
10 gal with diy filter - (small pump with hose draining into 18in of 3/4 in pvc half filled with gravel)
flora 2 bundles of ludwigia repens (at 20 cm below surface) and three groups of valisneria spiralus (25 cm below surface) under 15 watt aquarium plant bulb. Both plants groupings have stems/parts that reach water surface.
fauna 6 neons (2 added a few days ago ago) 1 green cory, hitchhiked snail population.
at one point I saw two grow from 2mm diameter to about 9mm (viewed through the glass) then one of the larger seems to have disappeared while some new small (2mm) seem to be popping up.
most recent tests within the last two weeks put water soft at pH 6.8, KH at 2 and NO3 at 10ppm.
the snails are red/black speckled in color. very mobile. not sure if they are burrowing in substrate or not.
terracing of gravel with tile pieces makes gravel 3 to 8 to 12 cm deep from front left to back right of tank so there's no telling if a burrowing snail population is on full tilt at night.
I haven't been able to work on photos of the tank yet, much to my regret.
any ideas based on my limited information?
Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed several clear "globs" with little white bodies at different spots on my tank - on glass, plants and a ceramic tile edge. A couple have disappeared and then others have surfaced. The blobs remind me of video of frog eggs; mostly clear media with suspended eggs.
I had a couple of hitchhiking snails when I placed plants that weren't evident until weeks later - not sure the type of snail- and wonder if the blobs may be snail eggs.
background on tank:
The tank now two months with fish (almost three months total)
10 gal with diy filter - (small pump with hose draining into 18in of 3/4 in pvc half filled with gravel)
flora 2 bundles of ludwigia repens (at 20 cm below surface) and three groups of valisneria spiralus (25 cm below surface) under 15 watt aquarium plant bulb. Both plants groupings have stems/parts that reach water surface.
fauna 6 neons (2 added a few days ago ago) 1 green cory, hitchhiked snail population.
at one point I saw two grow from 2mm diameter to about 9mm (viewed through the glass) then one of the larger seems to have disappeared while some new small (2mm) seem to be popping up.
most recent tests within the last two weeks put water soft at pH 6.8, KH at 2 and NO3 at 10ppm.
the snails are red/black speckled in color. very mobile. not sure if they are burrowing in substrate or not.
terracing of gravel with tile pieces makes gravel 3 to 8 to 12 cm deep from front left to back right of tank so there's no telling if a burrowing snail population is on full tilt at night.
I haven't been able to work on photos of the tank yet, much to my regret.
any ideas based on my limited information?
