Tiger Nerites laying eggs?

[Buckfins]

Good day everybody. I have 5 tiger nerites in my 55 gal planted tank and it looks like they are laying eggs! There are clumps of little white dots on the glass, driftwood, heater filter intakes....u name it...lol. I have never had these guys before and got them because of their algae grubbing abilities. Is this NORMAL??

 

[platylover26]

Yes, it is very normal. If you have males mixed in with females, the eggs are probably fertlilized, but not always..... i dont know if there is a way to tell. If you have only females, the eggs aarent fertilized, they just lay the eggs, similar to the way chickens lay empty eggs. Good luck!

 

[Buckfins]

Yes, it is very normal. If you have males mixed in with females, the eggs are probably fertlilized, but not always..... i dont know if there is a way to tell. If you have only females, the eggs aarent fertilized, they just lay the eggs, similar to the way chickens lay empty eggs. Good luck!

Do I just scrape them off the glass or wherever they are laying them?

 

[The_Desacrator]

I'd leave them. Your other fish will probably snack on them

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[Freakgecko91]

Nerites require brackish water to hatch. Scrapping them off is fine.


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[Buckfins]

Nerites require brackish water to hatch. Scrapping them off is fine.


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Good deal. And thank you. My fish don't even sniff them and I thought they would dissolve on their own but they take FOREVER to go away...lol