nerite snail eggs

ok so my nerites laid some eggs just wondering when they will hatch(they laid them today)? will they survive or do they become fish food? has anyone ever raised nerite snails before? thanks in advance

 

is it like squigally lines on the glass or rock?if so then mine do go away but i have never noticed any new snails in my tank.

 

I think my nerites laid eggs too. little white ovals all over the back glass. They have been there for about three weeks and some have opened. Haven't noticed any baby snails or anything yet.

 

it isn't likely, although virgin nerites will breed. The nerites you are talking about usually hatch and disappear. Some people have reported a few that made it, but usually they don't.

 

ya its a squigally line about 3 mm wide and maybe an inch and a half long if you stretched it out i can see all the little individual egg cases there little white dots its pretty cool. anyone else have success with raising them????

 

ok thanks

 

o and john that wall post still hasnt reached me would u mind resending it?

 

the more food available (algae of course) the more eggs they'll lay (so you saying this indicates to me you have plenty of food for them ). When I first added my CuC, I got these eggs everywhere. Mag float will clean it, but it takes a couple wipes. And on the rocks... just have to wait for them to hatch...


the majority of them are easily just food... but I swear I have more tiny nerites now than when I started...

 

thats good i definatley wont wipe them away hopefully a couple will live eventually and a bigger CuC never hurts

 

carefully put them in a floaty, I bought one and it just floats in the tank so there's water echange and air but the fish can't eat them, when they just freshly hatch the fish will eat them before they can get away. I leave them in there and once they hatch they climb out on their own, I also feed the ones that stay at the same time as I spot feed m enemones