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Permalink Reply by luis on November 26, 2012 at 8:20pm

Looks like they are from the nerita snails my snails put eggs all over my tank and plants

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Permalink Reply by Peter on November 26, 2012 at 8:21pm

Looks like snail eggs to me as we'll

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Permalink Reply by ŦůRbö ۰ Ҏяѻ ۰ on November 27, 2012 at 2:21pm

Yeah snail's. Cory females will carry their eggs on the under side of their bellys, and normally only lay 5 to 6 eggs; from what I have seen mine do in the past.

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Permalink Reply by Peter on November 27, 2012 at 4:04pm

My albino females layed like 160-200 eggs. Which then got eaten by my other fish within 2 minutes but yea u see the female hold the eggs before dropping them off

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Permalink Reply by ŦůRbö ۰ Ҏяѻ ۰ on November 28, 2012 at 1:33pm

160-200 crazy. Maybe mine lost most of them, or maybe different types lay different amounts. I have never had any albinos. Just Sterbai and Emeralds

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Permalink Reply by Harrison Kotre on November 28, 2012 at 8:22pm

Thanks for the replies, another question now. I was reading on live aquaria.com about the snail babies and it said nerita snails babies require brackish water because they begin hatching in a larvae stage. Do I really need brackish water for them all to live? I really want some more Nerita snails because theyre beautiful... Thanks :)

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Permalink Reply by ŦůRbö ۰ Ҏяѻ ۰ on November 29, 2012 at 1:43pm

My friend breeds them. here is his email he sent me after I asked him about your question. I went through and edited it. (LOL hes not the best writer, or speller)

Temp is important: 79F. Water quality should be the best possible.  I personally like using drift wood. Driftwood has tons of algae for the babies to feed. Wait a few days until you see a good amount of eggs on item/decor. These eggs look like little sesame seeds. WARNING: DONT TRY TO REMOVE THESE EGGS BY SCRAPPING THEM. You'll pop the shell. Wait about 72 hours after you see them in your tank, to make sure they are done laying eggs. Set up a small tank. I’m using a 1 gallon tank to nurse the babies. An air bubble line that is set very low 1bubble ever 2 seconds and some marine salt. Why salt and no brackish? The reason is once these Nertie are born at this stage they need all the calcium and minerals to develop a healthly strong shell. Which will increase the level of survival as juveniles. I had little luck with brackish water. My percentage increased to about 80 percent when I’ve hatched Nerite in fully saltwater tank. I usually fill the saltwater level in the tank just enough to cover the decor/driftwood. Move the eggs to the saltwater tank. Usually about every 3 days I will perform a 50 percent water change. You don’t want your snails to die from bad water; this is easy to do, don’t be lazy takes less then 5 mins. Once your eggs start hatching, they will hatch at a very slow rate. You’ll see that they're a very small larvae. You can feed them algae that's on your décor or driftwood. If not, you can head to your local aquarium or pet shop and purchase some algae chips. Chop these algae chips into small fine grains. And drop them in your tank. Feed them by eye. If you don’t see any food, give them food. Once you see a nice shine to the shell on your snail, its time to move them. Just lower the level of salt until you reach your tanks ppm for a safe entry.

(He means do a 10% water change a day till the snails are in freshwater before just throwing them into your freshwater tank. I personally would change 10% of the water a day with water from my tank, to get them used to it.)

I think I'm going to get one, and start a snail colony. They are asexual, so they can breed by themselves.

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Permalink Reply by Harrison Kotre on December 1, 2012 at 12:51am

Thanks so much turbo! Really helped!

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