Penelope .R
Fish Fanatic
What are these little dots? They're on pretty much every decoration in my 65 gallon aquarium. They've been there for a long time and haven't seemed to hurt anything, I am just curious
What is this?
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fishyfun&fans
Fishaholic
They look like snail eggs
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
Nerite snail eggs.
The good news is that they won't hatch.
The bad news is that they'll just sit there forever, stuck like muck to a blanket.
The good news is that they won't hatch.
The bad news is that they'll just sit there forever, stuck like muck to a blanket.
Penelope .R
Fish Fanatic
Okay, that's what I thought. I was just wondering, I'll probably just scrub them off.
it's such a hassle
the extra pesky ones lay it in the cracks of the rocks and its IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of
Penelope .R
Fish Fanatic
Icky...
I don't mind the nirite snail eggs as much as the clusters my mystery snails lay on the tank lid though, they gross me out.
I love my snails though, they're my favorite creature in my aquariums.
Question, how do you breed Nerite snails. I know the brackish water requirement. Do people do that.
People do it for some species of shrimp, Amano come to mind. They gotta come from somewhere hahaha
it is very hard and little research has been done
They like laying eggs, I would have thought that was the hard part.it is very hard and little research has been done
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
Apparently, it's the hatched larvae that are tricky.They like laying eggs, I would have thought that was the hard part.
Sounds like a cool project
Bruce Leyland-Jones
Fish Aficionado
There's a definite market for nerites.
they need specific salinity requirements that change...
also Green Water, not sure if you already have cultured that
I did a lot of stuff with green water in my university year. I had excess to microscopes so studied different containers of green water for life. It was surprising how much variation there is from one body of water to the next even though they are sitting next to one another. It is one of the reasons I don't use green water to feed fry.
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