Is This Snail Eggs?

[Rhiannon]

We had a couple of snails hatch over the last week..unwanted snails that is, that must of been in the plants we brought. And omg do they grow fast in size!

Anyway, I have noticed all on my Elodea is little specks of something, the only way I can describe it is like that finely ground parmasan cheese you get at the supermarket.

Its all over the plant.

Are these specks eggs or just dirt?

Please tell me!

 

[Underwurlde]

Pest snail eggs appear as globs of clear snot with about 20-30 tiny white dots in.

Andy

PS if you want to COMPLETELY get rid of them, PM me.

 

[eschaton]

Gobs of parmesan?

That doesn't sound like regular snail eggs...it sounds more like nerite eggs. Which really shouldn't hatch in a freshwater aquaria, though they do look like crap.

 

[Liam]

It doesn’t sound like snail eggs, they look like eggs in jelly. It is probably calcium deposits the plant takes carbon dioxide from calcium carbonate and the calcium leave a crust on the leaves, its more obvious further from the top of the plant on the older leaves.