Help !!! Too many Nassarius snail eggs !!!

[mikeguerrero]

Can someone tell me how to stop these critters from laying eggs every day all over my tank???

I scrape them off the glass everyday, and none of my fish eat them since they feel very crunchy to my finger.

The only eggs I leave alone are the ones in the back underneathe the rocks. But all the ones on the glass I clean each day, somedays I see a whole white trail of the eggs.

I never had this problem with the black colored shell nasarrius of which I still have 3 of them. It's the little white shelled nasarrisu that love to make whoppy !!!

Can anyone shed some light in my area?

Mike

 

[dragon79]

i see eggs too

I see eggs too in sandra's jbj, but they are not white, they are black/drk gray. Look soft looking, they in rows on a small piece of LR. I wonder if I should concern myself with them?? I can get pics if they help. Peace.

As for you mike, if they laying too many eggs, maybe you have too many snails. Take some out and put them in your smaller tank.

 

[Phischy]

I say put 'em in a breeder tank and let 'em grow. They sell for $2/ea at my LFS.

 

[fireFISH]

Can either of you get a pic? I'd like to see what they look like, there's 7 or 8 Nassarius in my 20 g, and i wanna see what to look for......Thanks.

 

[fishcrazee]

I agree keep the eggs in a small tank 2.5+ gallon tank and raise them to a sellable size. They can make money. Also that is like my ramshorn snails!!!! I can't keep up with them. They lay eggs everywhere even on each other.... I wouldn't b surprised if I saw some on my corys!!! Too bad ramshorn are useless and give no money except to puffer keepers

 

[mikeguerrero]

So should I remove the snail lovers and place them in the 3.5 tru vu. Or scrape the eggs and place the eggs in the extra tank?

Mike

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Leave the eggs in the tank. If you try to scrape them off you'll more than likey break the egg sack and kill the babies. Threre's really no reason to worry about them in the main tank, just let them hatch then pluck them out when they get big enough.

I'm surprised nothing is eating them. My nass's lay eggs occasionally and the fish pick them right off the glass.