found these eggs...help IDing

molliefan09

so these eggs,or so i think thats what they are....appeared overnight. The look like pink styrofoam beads....the were on the substrate and i picked them up with a card (as you can see my sams club card, lol) and put them into my breeders net. there are still some in the tank but i can get them without damaging them so i left them (only about 10) in the egg layers in the tank are...

3 albino corycats
2 BN plecos (one is still very much a baby)
and a single apple snail

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molliefan09

ok so after doing some google research i have found that they look like applesnail eggs....however it says i need a male AND a female but i only have ONE snail....it also says to keep them moist but not wet. any suggestions?!?!?

fryup

there quite large looking eggs...??????.......maybe there cory eggs.....i would keep some in a breeder net in case there fish eggs and keep some damp in case there snail eggs ...good luck ....:):):)

molliefan09

lol...thank you!!

biokid101

omg thats so cool i wouldnt sleep until i found out what they were! its a big mystery.but i think they r cory eggs. that is so wierd! plecos r hard to breed and the one u said was still a baby which means they cant breed. what is an applesnail?

molliefan09

my avatar is of my applesnail

jeaninel

They're apple snail eggs. Did you find them all in a clump up by the waterline? I also had an applesnail who laid eggs a couple times and she was the only snail in the tank. They can hold the sperm for quite a long time before they lay them (kind of like guppies do).

molliefan09

that were in a clump but at the bottom of the tank...they either fell off or the other fish knocked them off. You ever have anyluck hatching them??

jeaninel

No, mine never hatched. The first batch were laid just above the waterline. The second batch also were above the waterline but fell off like yours did. They need to be kept moist but not under water or the embryos will drown. Here's a link to some info about them. Near the bottom of the page is info on reproduction and eggs.
How to take care of apple snails: food, housing and breeding.

molliefan09

thanks for the info!!