Possible snail eggs?

[vcnt]

I just woke up and saw this streak on my glass, anyone know what this is?

 

[BristleWormHater]

Snail eggs

 

[vcnt]

Snail eggs

Do you know how long they take to hatch?

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Hard to tell for sure, but certainly looks like it could be snail eggs. Can you get a clearer pic? And then, with a better pic, @ISpeakForTheSeas will be able to hopefully identify.

 

[vcnt]

Here is a little bit of a better picture

 

[Gumbies R Us]

They look like snail eggs to me!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Do you know how long they take to hatch?

I'm not sure, but most of the time they are not fertilized in an aquarium.

 

[vcnt]

I'm not sure, but most of the time they are not fertilized in an aquarium.

Oh dang so they may not have babys?

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I'm not sure, but most of the time they are not fertilized in an aquarium.

yep, this is what I have always heard and read, BUT, I am currently seeing a lot of very tiny (1/8" to 3/16") cerith snails! I am kind of excited about this! I may wind up being over run with cerith's, but seeing these little guys just made me smile. No mistaking them of course due to the shape of the shell.

 

[jkcoral]

yep, this is what I have always heard and read, BUT, I am currently seeing a lot of very tiny (1/8" to 3/16") cerith snails! I am kind of excited about this! I may wind up being over run with cerith's, but seeing these little guys just made me smile. No mistaking them of course due to the shape of the shell.

Oh man, that is awesome. I’ve had trochus and nerite snails successfully breed, hatch, and grow. But I’ve never seen success with cerith eggs hatching!

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Oh man, that is awesome. I’ve had trochus and nerite snails successfully breed, hatch, and grow. But I’ve never seen success with cerith eggs hatching!

Yeah, I was pretty shocked to see them myself. But you can not mistake that elongated shell, and I have had, many, many cerith eggs all over my tank. But never thought anything would come of it. I have nerite eggs too, but never seen babies for them yet.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Oh man, that is awesome. I’ve had trochus and nerite snails successfully breed, hatch, and grow. But I’ve never seen success with cerith eggs hatching!

I don't know how it will come out, but I will try to get a photo and put pic on here.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hard to tell for sure, but certainly looks like it could be snail eggs. Can you get a clearer pic? And then, with a better pic, @ISpeakForTheSeas will be able to hopefully identify.

Yeah, those are Cerith snail eggs - interesting that yours reproduced successfully; I would love pics of both the adults and the young (and eggs) if you have any!

I'm not sure, but most of the time they are not fertilized in an aquarium.

They're generally fertilized, but our aquariums aren't conducive to rearing them (most larvae are pelagic and need specific foods; being pelagic means they're free-swimming, so - in addition to starving - they tend to be eaten by things, killed by equipment in the tank, removed during water changes, etc.) - so they generally don't have any survivors unless the snails hatch as benthic (crawling rather than swimming) larvae.

 

[vcnt]

Yeah, those are Cerith snail eggs - interesting that yours reproduced successfully; I would love pics of both the adults and the young (and eggs) if you have any!

They're generally fertilized, but our aquariums aren't conducive to rearing them (most larvae are pelagic and need specific foods; being pelagic means they're free-swimming, so - in addition to starving - they tend to be eaten by things, killed by equipment in the tank, removed during water changes, etc.) - so they generally don't have any survivors unless the snails hatch as benthic (crawling rather than swimming) larvae.

I have dwarf cerith and florida cerith in my tank

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Yeah, those are Cerith snail eggs - interesting that yours reproduced successfully; I would love pics of both the adults and the young (and eggs) if you have any!

They're generally fertilized, but our aquariums aren't conducive to rearing them (most larvae are pelagic and need specific foods; being pelagic means they're free-swimming, so - in addition to starving - they tend to be eaten by things, killed by equipment in the tank, removed during water changes, etc.) - so they generally don't have any survivors unless the snails hatch as benthic (crawling rather than swimming) larvae.

I will absolutely try to get pic. For the adults, I have several different types, so I am not sure which the babies belong to. And just so you know, they are VERY small at moment. But usually when my lights first come on in the morning is when I see them.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Yeah, those are Cerith snail eggs - interesting that yours reproduced successfully; I would love pics of both the adults and the young (and eggs) if you have any!

They're generally fertilized, but our aquariums aren't conducive to rearing them (most larvae are pelagic and need specific foods; being pelagic means they're free-swimming, so - in addition to starving - they tend to be eaten by things, killed by equipment in the tank, removed during water changes, etc.) - so they generally don't have any survivors unless the snails hatch as benthic (crawling rather than swimming) larvae.

Okay, I got a couple pictures this morning. Please forgive the poor quality. But I realized that I have a macro lens for my Orphek set for phone camera. That is all I have is my phone so most pics are rough, but the one with the macro lens is pretty clear.