What is this? Pics....

[ChunksInClemson]

I was doing my water change tonight and noticed this wormy looking thing! Sorry for the bad quality pic! It was white, and slimy. I removed it right away but just need an ID.

 

[hansonfam]

Those would be snail eggs. Looks like the cerith eggs i get all the time.
Not a bad thing. Free food for the fish


Lisa

 

[drummereef]

Snail killer! Just kidding... Looks like snail eggs to me. Hey, if it wasn't you, the fish would have gotten them anyway.

 

[funman1]

Another vote for snail eggs
I get them from time to time and see them in dealer tanks all the time.

~Steve~

 

[ChunksInClemson]

ok, cool! It looked bad just from looking at it but all is good! Thanks for the ID guys.

 

[ChunksInClemson]

Is there anyway that these can survive in the aquarium?

 

[wood.jer]

I did a water change (50%) and moved my mexican turbo snail to the refugium for an hour or two and a week or two later I noticed a couple of baby mexican turbos! woohoo!

 

[ChunksInClemson]

What about getting them shells? How does that work? I know nothing about snails!

 

[ChunksInClemson]

Has anyone succesfully raised them and how did you do it?

 

[2fishy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8139926#post8139926 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChunksInClemson
What about getting them shells? How does that work? I know nothing about snails!

I believe that the shell actually grows with them. Now them keeping the shells seems to be another problem in itself as I recently added 4 nassarius snails, (thought I was getting 5 but one was an empty shell), since then I have only seen one nassarius snail and two hermit crabs with nice new shiny nassarius shells!:mad2:

 

[dc]

Well it happens ocassionally. The only snails that have reproduced in my tank are stometellas. My fish start eating the eggs as soon as they develope a little.

 

[thor32766]

cool and good luck

 

[gman19]

I caught my Cerith red handed...

 

[ChunksInClemson]

Thanks guys....I'm guessing these eggs are already fertile?

 

[ChunksInClemson]

bump