Snail eggs ? What kind and will they hatch ?

[Idech]

Hello,

I found this on the back glass of my tank today. I have nassarius, cerith, turbo and trochus snails.

Which one laid eggs and will they hatch if I leave them alone ?

Thank you !

 

[Bucs20fan]

Nassarius snail eggs for sure. Mine lay eggs like crazy. Very unlikely to survive though. But cool none the less!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Weird and wonderful snail eggs, i have above plus more variety, only guys that have actually grown in my aquriam from eggs are Nassarius

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I replied to your other post

 

[Bucs20fan]

Weird and wonderful snail eggs, i have above plus more variety, only guys that have actually grown in my aquriam from eggs are Nassarius

ive had thousands upon thousands of eggs in my tank and never seen a baby lol. And have heard they are very difficult to breed in the home aquarium so congrats!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Just had these this morning and with wide pattern are astrea snail eggs and likely will become food for scavengers and fish

 

[Rick's Reviews]

ive had thousands upon thousands of eggs in my tank and never seen a baby lol. And have heard they are very difficult to breed in the home aquarium so congrats!

Nothing I have done on purpose... Honestly, I have an Halloween hermit crab that was hunting for shells, (off topic but please) I added new shells to find one that fits... I have a very large spikey type I was going to remove, I turned it over to find small snails inside, honestly I have not changed or done anything differently since adding cuc, except new shells for crabs

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just had these this morning and with wide pattern are astrea snail eggs and likely will become food for scavengers and fish

I'm not OP

Great to know though, thank you

 

[Idech]

Just had these this morning and with wide pattern are astrea snail eggs and likely will become food for scavengers and fish

I don’t have any Astrea snails in the tank. I forgot I also have a strawberry conch, which I doubt did this.

 

[Idech]

I replied to your other post

I don’t have another post but I was asking you a question and can’t find it. Weird…

I was asking if I should scrape the eggs off the glass, as I don’t have room for hundreds of nassarius snails.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

I don’t have another post but I was asking you a question and can’t find it. Weird…

I was asking if I should scrape the eggs off the glass, as I don’t have room for hundreds of nassarius snails.

Things that lay many eggs like that at once, usually have low survivability. It is an evolutionary trait. Even if you isolated them and had perfect conditions, I'm sure majority wouldn't make it. I leave my eggs on the glass for things to graze on them. I figured it is good enrichment and probably good source of nutrition for whatever might eat them. For me if I get a couple extra CUC out of it I'd be find with it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I don’t have any Astrea snails in the tank. I forgot I also have a strawberry conch, which I doubt did this.

strawnerry lays eggs in the sand

 

[WheatToast]

Weird and wonderful snail eggs, i have above plus more variety, only guys that have actually grown in my aquriam from eggs are Nassarius

Photos 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 depict dove snails (Columbellidae sp.) and their egg cases, not Nassarius snails. These are algae-grazers that can clean small crevices and areas that larger snails cannot. While I have not had success with Nassarius eggs, my dove snails have been incredibly prolific and almost all egg cases will hatch.

the small circular type bubbles with white eggs I noticed a hole appear in center so I though maybe food for others, (I do have a Mandarin and flame scooter)

The central holes indicate that the dove snails have hatched !

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I don’t have another post but I was asking you a question and can’t find it. Weird…

I was asking if I should scrape the eggs off the glass, as I don’t have room for hundreds of nassarius snails.

No problems
I did not scrape eggs of glass for a while (my aquriam is approximately 1 year old) the small circular type bubbles with white eggs I noticed a hole appear in center so I though maybe food for others, (I do have a Mandarin and flame scooter) so I started to scrape, these type of eggs floated like plastic in my aquriam, the others turned into like dust, it's entirely your choice, I doubt very much you will get thousands of snails but I have only added snails for part of my cuc

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just had these this morning and with wide pattern are astrea snail eggs and likely will become food for scavengers and fish

I currently have 3 stages in snails atm I can provide more tomorrow in true light, 1 2 3 pics if various ages, pic one is my first introduced pic two is middle aged pic 3 is tiny, what species do you think
Thanks

 

[WheatToast]

I currently have 3 stages in snails atm I can provide more tomorrow in true light, 1 2 3 pics if various ages, pic one is my first introduced pic two is middle aged pic 3 is tiny, what species do you think
Thanks

1: Adult Nassarius snail
2: Adult dove snail
3: Juvenile dove snail

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I have not introduced dove snails, only cuc of snails was as added a year ago, they do look very similar, either way it's great for my aquriam lol.. I'll get better pics tomorrow, thanks

 

[WheatToast]

I have not introduced dove snails, only cuc of snails was as added a year ago, they do look very similar, either way it's great for my aquriam lol.. I'll get better pics tomorrow, thanks

Do you use live rock? Dove snails occasionally hitchhike.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Again aquarium was setup a year ago, I added live rock and live sand but live rock was.... Coughs, not live as you would expect, just dipped in something and sold as live lol

Anyway definitely not from rock, I cycled empty for approximately 8 months, only added one cuc of snails

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Larger snails was the original I added, these are always clean as they bury themselves in sand I found 3 out today (only added 5) medium sized and baby's are always out and currently in algae camouflage lol, I counted 7 medium sized, and I counted 4 baby's the other day