Swimming Poop...well, A Worm Actually...help

[Ch4rlie]

Yep, square sacs are assassin snail eggs

 
Will take quite some time before you'll see any babies as they stay undersubstrate until big enough to pop out. Cute tiny things

 
You should see yellow yolk soon if fertile and will develop.
 
Pics from my tank -
 
           Assassin snail egg                                         Adult assassin
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[thrujenseyes]

I figured that's what it had to be!  
 
I don't know that they're viable as they've been on that rock for quite a while but there must be viable ones somewhere as I've seen a few teeeeeeeeny tiny assassins about the tank.  
 
Will the adult eat it's own?

 

[Ch4rlie]

Well if theyre not viable I guess the yellow yolk would be gone or if hatched then thats would be gone too. Honestly, I am not sure about that.
 
Excellent point though.
 
As for assassins eating their own, I think its fairly rare that happens. Probabably if there is a real lack of food and pushed to extremes then cannabalism may take place.
 
Assassins are happiest to eat other species of snails, preferably common snails rather than MTS or Rabbit snails as the conical shapes make it awkward for assassins.
 
Nerites, mysteries and apple snails, despite being bigger are not immune to assassin attacks as these assassins may gang up on large snails.
 
But they will happily eat algae wafers, veggies sometimes and fish or shrimps food especially meaty types of fish food. But algae on plants or glass well not so much really.

 

[Kaliska]

Planaria will usually go away on their own and are mostly harmless.  They tend to make a big population explosion, freak people out, and then fade away.  I just had it in my 40g.  I added some river rock from a natural stream and I guess rinsing didn't get them all.  If you added plants or anything recently they can appear.  If they appear without something new or don't start to disappear you probably just need to not feed the tank for a few days and then go lightly until the planaria are gone.  I've never had to treat with anything or take the tank apart.

 

[thrujenseyes]

ch4rlie and kaliska
 
great info again...thanks so much!  And guess what.....
 
I've been saying all along that my assassin must be ineffective or just sweet natured because he's lived with a little pond snail since the beginning ...
 
I came home yesterday and noticed a big "dent" in the substrate and thought it was odd...
I also noticed my cute little pond snail upsidedown... and Empty!!
 
He'd been eaten!
 
I was sad but kind of proud of the assassin. 
 
https/instagram.com/p/5lxqa0SWQ-/

 

[Ch4rlie]

Lol
 
These Assassin snails are not called assassins for nothing

 

[thrujenseyes]

guess not!  I tried to link my instagram video but I don't think it worked. 
 
It's the fish looking at his empty shell like "where'd he go"!?!
 
If anyone is on instagram, you can find me under the same handle as here

 

[CSnyder00]

Very cool thread. Good reading. How did I miss this thread for so long?

 

[AmtotheBurr]

This makes me want to buy an assassin to take care of the 2948483 snails that keep hatching in my tank. Great info on this thread!

 

[Ch4rlie]

This makes me want to buy an assassin to take care of the 2948483 snails that keep hatching in my tank. Great info on this thread!

 
Is that all?
 

 

[AmtotheBurr]

This makes me want to buy an assassin to take care of the 2948483 snails that keep hatching in my tank. Great info on this thread!

 
Is that all?
 

Well, I may be undershooting, I just didn't want to over exaggerate

There are atleast 4 clutches of 50-75 snails so... yea. I counted 100 snails in there before 2 of the other clutches hatched.
I don't understand HOW she is still laying since we got rid of the male. I believe mystery snails DO require male and female. The eggs recently have been much smaller batches than they were when he was with her.
I'm sure she isn't lonely though. She has 847483 children to entertain her
I mean, 2948483 children. My apologies

 

[thrujenseyes]

glad this was helpful to others