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69camaro540
03/28/2006, 06:16 PM
can anybody help me, i think i saw it somewhere but i cant remember for sure. i think it is snail eggs. it is white and a continuous back and forth strip. can anybody confirm this?

Sk8r
03/28/2006, 06:17 PM
It probably is exactly that.

macDRE
03/28/2006, 06:20 PM
Is it on the glass?And does it look like they spread it across like in a ribbon pattern?If so it os probally the tiny snails.WAit a couple of days and you can see these little micro snails everywhere

69camaro540
03/28/2006, 06:29 PM
do you know what type of snail eggs this would be or do they all lay the eggs in the same pattern. the snails i have are margirita, mexican turbo, cerith, astrea, and bumble bee. which one of these could it be? thanks

TippyToeX
03/28/2006, 06:30 PM
Sounds just like cerith eggs. :)

macDRE
03/28/2006, 06:34 PM
I'm not sure but my tank now is about a year and 4 months old now.And i have so many little black pointy sand snails there everywhere.And when my lights are off at night i can see all kinds of little white ones everywhere too

69camaro540
03/28/2006, 06:50 PM
i thought they was cerith also. does anyone know how long it will take to hatch or the survival rate? thanks

Paintbug
03/28/2006, 08:50 PM
heres some cerith eggs:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/k.davis11/Images4.03/Cerithlay5.jpg
thanks to Keith Davis for the pic i think:D
there survival rate is slim, most will end up being free food for the tank. out of the 10 or so batches of eggs i have 2-3 babies i can 100% ID as baby ceriths. there may be a few more on the rocks or back glass where i cant see them, but not many.

69camaro540
03/28/2006, 09:14 PM
thanks for the pic, that is definetely what they are. thanks

Paintbug
03/28/2006, 09:17 PM
no problem. when i first seen them in my tank they were in the corner. i though my tank was cracking! then i seen they scraped off. oops. :D