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Are those spots actually eggs? Because when I told a 2 of our local aquarium stores about the white spots that was all over my tank & embedded in the live rock & shells even the hermit crab shells & they would not hesitate to gobble up the snails, both stores & another marine hobbyist said that it was just a sign that my tank is aging well & that the tank is very healthy. If those white spots are eggs then I should have millions of snails by now but there are only 5 snails in the tank & no sign of tiny snails moving around. I would love to find out what those spots really are & what snail eggs actually look like. I found 4 white teardrop looking tubelike thinimagigies huddled up together on some live rock could those be snail or any kind of eggs? I have no pics but I'll try to take some today.
Well, you could have fish like mine who eat everything in sight too...lol. I got some snails on a plant shipment, and my BGK proceeded to eat all but one who must be super sneaky lol. I got some more snails today and one of bettas decided that they were a tasty snack too....Maybe your fish are doing the same thing and eating all the other ones?
I found some info on snail eggs but I'd like to show this pic of a snail laying eggs.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/attachments/inverts/5459d1144213977-snail-eggs-snaileggs.jpg . Here's some info I found SnailReproFAQs . I hope this help someone as it has for me.
i have like at least 75 of those in my tank to!!!! i knew they were something but then a few eggs hatched and there was a super little snale had no shell becuase it was too small going up and down glass thanks!
They look like nerite eggs. Both my nerites and cerith snails lay eggs in my tank but I haven't noticed any little snails yet. Guess that by the time the eggs hatch and the larva float about in the water they get picked off by fish, corals, inverts, etc. before attaining any kind of size.