[Eriisuchan]

I have give or take 13 snails in my tank (not on purpose... and they're all teeny!).

ANYways, they're all pretty tiny and I was wondering when they start reproducing and if these look like eggs, to you... I took two pics, but it's hard to take a good pic of such small thingies.

What do you think?

The right pic has one of the snails (they're all about that size) in the bottom left... He's actually bigger in the pic than he is in the tank.

 

[Yogi]

I think snail eggs are clear but I'm not 100% on that.

 

[chirpchirp]

Hiya,
Just wanted to add that I have pond, pouch, bladder, ramshorn, MTS and apple snails throughout my tanks and I often get then laying eggs. Honestly I have never seen bright red ones so I am totally stumped!, what kind of texture are they? Jelly etc?
Usually you can see separations within the egg sac of individual eggs and even embryos after a couple of days.

Do you know what type of snails you have?


Additional note : to anyone who reads my post and isn't a fan of having snails in tanks either on purpose or not on purpose that is totally fine but I am a fan of them and that is that

Meg.
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[Eriisuchan]

I'm pretty sure they're pond snails... And I can't really see anything egg-like about the red patches...? I have No idea what they are! :shock:

 

[chirpchirp]

They really are fluro red hey. Super strange! What kind of colouring our pattern is on the snail if any? / shape. I couldn't see it in the photo to be honest I didn't know where to look! Lol
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[Eriisuchan]

They really are fluro red hey. Super strange! What kind of colouring our pattern is on the snail if any? / shape. I couldn't see it in the photo to be honest I didn't know where to look! Lol
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You can't really see them in the pics I posted... Just a blurry snail foot! :lol:

Better?

 

[chirpchirp]

perfect. Either a pond, pouch or bladder snail. Due to the patterns I say bladder. Many people and sites will say that they are the same thing but there are definitely slight differences between them.
However all of their egg sacs are the same. Its like a clear gelatinous mass usually in like a horseshoe shape or a some what horseshoe shape not as severely rounded so to speak. I'm sure you could google bladder snail eggs or pond snail eggs etc (ask exact same eggs layed appearance wise).

Any additional description as I put in post before might be helpful I really want to know what they are lol. What is in the tank other then your lovely bladder snails?

Meg
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[Eriisuchan]

I googled bladder snails and I got a good "pond snail vs bladder snail" pic and description and I think you're right... They look more like bladder snails.

Now I'm completely confused as to what that red stuff is...??

Other than my (last count was 13) ninja snails, I have two Chinese Algae Eaters and a Betta in my 10gal. I *had* two beautiful plants, Ludwigia and Java Fern... But now they look more like a few, slightly leafy stems. They got chewed out pretty bad.

 

[chirpchirp]

Lol nice. I'm probably one of the few people who love snails. I love then in general. Land snails too. They are the most fascinating creatures ever. And I have to say this is the first time I've got to think about it with / for anyone else which is nice
Perhaps look up red dots in fish tank or just in tank, or bright red etc.
I love google! So useful its help me suss many a fish tank related query out
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[Eriisuchan]

I'll have to keep bugging google... I was just hoping someone here might know what they were.

 

[chirpchirp]

I will have a look tomorrow for you too and see if I can find anything. I have a friend who is the ultimate fish go to so I'll ask him too. I really want to know what they are too! Lol

3 am here in Perth australia. The joys of being a terrible sleeper!
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[Eriisuchan]

Thanks, that'd be awesome! <3

Aaaaaand it's 4:30pm here in Eastern Canada! lol

 

[chirpchirp]

Lol at least that is in the afternoon 6.06 am now... Hoorah? I am officially the worst sleeper!
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[chirpchirp]

Might I ask what is a ninja snail? Nick name or type? Picture would be cool and I can identify it
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[Eriisuchan]

I call them my ninja snails because I never knew they were in there until one day, a month after I'd put in my plants, I woke up and counted 9 of them in the tank... Sneaky little ninjas! :lol:
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[chirpchirp]

Lol are they apple snails or what actual breed are they? Or are they the bladder snails?
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[Eriisuchan]

Like I said after you mentioned it, I'm pretty sure they're bladder snails...
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[chirpchirp]

Okay cool I wasn't sure if you meant there were other snails in there
Have the blobs changed at all?
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[Eriisuchan]

Oh, I gotcha... From what I can tell, they all look the same.

No change with the bright red blobs...

 

[chirpchirp]

I hope u don't mind but I.saved the photo to my phone and texted it to my fish guru mate and he its totally stumped. His first thought was someone has been jelly or some sort of food way to close To the tank lol.
Are there more Blobs, less or same today?
Please excuse the questions I really really want to know what on earth it is
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