Snail eggs?

Sicklid · Mar 6, 2014

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Found this U pattern white stuff, while doing water change.
Does someone knows what can it be?
I flushed to the toilet!!!!

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Squishie89 · Mar 6, 2014

Yup snail eggs

WhoKnew · Mar 6, 2014

UGH. That could be a lot of babies. Now I can look out for that in my tank. Thanks for the picture.

Sicklid · Mar 18, 2014

Yesterday night I found the parent of the eggs, he is a cerith snail, he dropped more eggs and because they are on the backwall, Im not going to remove them. Lets see what happens!!

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Bradsreeeftank · Mar 18, 2014

Sounds bad but trust me. TAKE OUT THE EGGS!. One day i woke up and thousands of snails were running around my tank and ticking off all my corals!

Sicklid · Mar 18, 2014

Oh man, never mind!!
I will pull them out!!

Bradsreeeftank · Mar 19, 2014

Good idea, did ya use your gift card yet? It never expires, so use when ever you want

fungia_fiend · Mar 19, 2014

Those are definitely cerith eggs, but you won't get any babies. Ceriths can't complete their lifecycle in our tanks. There is no need to remove them though, unless their look is bothering you.

Bradsreeeftank · Mar 19, 2014

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-invert-forum/152347-my-snails-multiplying-way-too-fast.html check out my pics, this is after iremoved a few hundred

Sicklid · Mar 19, 2014

Thanks for the info guys, I siphoned out of the tank already!!
@bradreeftank I am try to save some money so I can order couple zoas bro and the gift card is going to help me out, thanks!!

fungia_fiend · Mar 19, 2014

Do you have any close up pics of those snails, Brad? I can't tell what kind they are.

Ceriths just can't really complete their life cycle in the tank because they have a delicate planktonic stage. Stomatellas, columbellids, trochus, collonista, and a few others can all breed in the tank. Nerites, cerith, turbos, astreas all can't.

ngarcia11892 · Mar 19, 2014

Iv had snails breed in my tanks not sure on the species but it's not a huge number and I havnt seen any ill effects

fungia_fiend · Mar 19, 2014

My columbellids breed like mad in the tank. Its great though, lots of free cleaners and people love getting them in trades.

Bradsreeeftank · Mar 19, 2014

Sicklid said:
Thanks for the info guys, I siphoned out of the tank already!!
@bradreeftank I am try to save some money so I can order couple zoas bro and the gift card is going to help me out, thanks!!

Ok cool! And i believe its a mix of cerith and some other kind.