Is this ramshorn Snails Eggs?

[IzzBizz]

About a week ago, I got 8 Ramshorn snails and today I found a jelly-like thing on the side of my wall. It's right on the corner so it's hard to get a good picture lol sorry. I was wondering if it was ramshorn eggs. Thank you!

 

[sweetsoda]

A bit hard to tell from the photo, but I do think that Ramshorn Snail eggs are the most likely. Ramshorns breed like crazy, you'll have dozens of them before you know it!

 

[Kwikfab]

Definitely

But with 8 snails, you most likely have another 5-6 clutches of eggs spread throughout (with more eggs incoming)

At first I only found them in the corners of the glass (easy to spot) only to realize I've found some at the base of my plants, leaves, on the tube of my intake (HOB), and more

 

[IzzBizz]

A bit hard to tell from the photo, but I do think that Ramshorn Snail eggs are the most likely. Ramshorns breed like crazy, you'll have dozens of them before you know it!

Okay thank you!! I'm hoping they are. I don't want a million but was hoping for a bit.

Definitely

But with 8 snails, you most likely have another 5-6 clutches of eggs spread throughout (with more eggs incoming)

At first I only found them in the corners of the glass (easy to spot) only to realize I've found some at the base of my plants, leaves, on the tube of my intake (HOB), and more

Oh wow!! How many snails do you have? Do you euthanize your snails?

 

[sweetsoda]

Oh wow!! How many snails do you have? Do you euthanize your snails?

Usually their population controls itself based on food supply. If you overfeed, you are going to have way too many snails. If you feed a normal amount, you'll have quite a few still but not enough to cause issues.

 

[IzzBizz]

Usually their population controls itself based on food supply. If you overfeed, you are going to have way too many snails. If you feed a normal amount, you'll have quite a few still but not enough to cause issues.

Yes, I've been hearing about that. What do you feed your snails/how often ? I've been feeding them blanched veggies and repashy greens and they love it! I may overfeed them a little.... Lol

 

[Kwikfab]

Oh wow!! How many snails do you have? Do you euthanize your snails?

8

They were a gift from another member here, however he did warn me how often they lay eggs so I remove several clutches every few days

I only have a 20 gallon and my tank would easily get overrun but I won't do anything to the 8 that live in there now; I'll just crush up babies if I find them

Keep the food source low; I feed my fish once a day and fast them on Sundays so very little makes it to the bottom

An occasional blanched cucumber or algae wafer for when I want to target feed my pleco/snails

 

[IzzBizz]

8

They were a gift from another member here, however he did warn me how often they lay eggs so I remove several clutches every few days

I only have a 20 gallon and my tank would easily get overrun but I won't do anything to the 8 that live in there now; I'll just crush up babies if I find them

Keep the food source low; I feed my fish once a day and fast them on Sundays so very little makes it to the bottom

An occasional blanched cucumber or algae wafer for when I want to target feed my pleco/snails

Okay thanks for the information!! That's so cool that you got them from another person on here! I love the ones I have, they really help with the algae control, But of course I can't have it overrun with snails. How many baby snails are in each clutch(?)?

 

[Kwikfab]

Okay thanks for the information!! That's so cool that you got them from another person on here! I love the ones I have, they really help with the algae control, But of course I can't have it overrun with snails. How many baby snails are in each clutch(?)?

They have what...8, 10, 12 even

Quite a lot; multiply that by 6 and you've got over 50 right off the bat

They look really cool under a microscope too (before I toss them)

This was from last night

 

[IzzBizz]

They have what...8, 10, 12 even

Quite a lot; multiply that by 6 and you've got over 50 right off the bat

They look really cool under a microscope too (before I toss them)

This was from last night

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Oh wow that looks so cool!! I do have a friend that wants some, so I can give him some.

 

[sweetsoda]

Yes, I've been hearing about that. What do you feed your snails/how often ? I've been feeding them blanched veggies and repashy greens and they love it! I may overfeed them a little.... Lol

I don't ever intentionally feed the snails, they just eat algae, dead plant matter, and leftover fish food. I never actually got my Ramshorns intentionally, they just appeared in my tank when I added plants. I don't remove or kill any snails or eggs and I just let the population stay near its carrying capacity.

 

[fishywoo]

An easy way to tell is that ramshorn snail eggs sacs are tougher, not gooey at all, and you can peel them right off the glass or plants. They are very prolific though, but imo best for algae control.

 

[tetraguy]

A fresh batch just leaving the clutch:



Population control doesn't seem to be a issue at all in the tetra and barb tanks... nice snack size!!

 

[IzzBizz]

I don't ever intentionally feed the snails, they just eat algae, dead plant matter, and leftover fish food. I never actually got my Ramshorns intentionally, they just appeared in my tank when I added plants. I don't remove or kill any snails or eggs and I just let the population stay near its carrying capacity.

Okay! I've heard a lot of story of them coming when people added live plants. I bought them, innocent little me, bought them unaware I would have sooo many snails. I counted 29 clutches and that only the ones I could spot In a week I might have over 200 snails *gulp*

An easy way to tell is that ramshorn snail eggs sacs are tougher, not gooey at all, and you can peel them right off the glass or plants. They are very prolific though, but imo best for algae control.

Thanks! They are great, I like snails but I do not want 200+

A fresh batch just leaving the clutch:

Population control doesn't seem to be a issue at all in the tetra and barb tanks... nice snack size!!

Do tetras eat them?? I have neon tetras in a different tank.

 

[Kwikfab]

Okay! I've heard a lot of story of them coming when people added live plants. I bought them, innocent little me, bought them unaware I would have sooo many snails. I counted 29 clutches and that only the ones I could spot In a week I might have over 200 snails *gulp*

My gourami was munching on a clutch the other day



Will say, at least one clutch hatched as I found tiny little ramshorn snails crawling about

Just be mindful of overfeeding and they might just starve, keeping the population in check

 

[tetraguy]

Do tetras eat them?? I have neon tetras in a different tank.

Absolutely! Tons of hatched clutches in my neon tank, but hardly ever see any snails that aren't full grown.

 

[IzzBizz]

My gourami was munching on a clutch the other day
Will say, at least one clutch hatched as I found tiny little ramshorn snails crawling about

Just be mindful of overfeeding and they might just starve, keeping the population in check

Okay, great thanks. Do Corydoras eat them? I saw somewhere that they eat the babies of them, but wanted to double check. I want to buy some for my tank after some research. I've been wanting them for awhile, seem like great lil guys.

Absolutely! Tons of hatched clutches in my neon tank, but hardly ever see any snails that aren't full grown.

Oh that's good to know lol. Thank you so much!

 

[tetraguy]

Oh that's good to know lol. Thank you so much!

Very welcome, glad to help!

 

[Fishfur]

Squashing a snail’s shell so the snail within is exposed makes them available as tasty snacks for a lot of fish that might not attempt to break the shell or otherwise consume a snail.

 

[Kwikfab]

Squashing a snail’s shell so the snail within is exposed makes them available as tasty snacks for a lot of fish that might not attempt to break the shell or otherwise consume a snail.

Yep, waiting to see if they'll eat the two I've cracked open...yet I looked an hour later and it was still crawling down the castle lol
Some babies are doing just fine; small but easy to find if you look carefully enough

 

[IzzBizz]

Squashing a snail’s shell so the snail within is exposed makes them available as tasty snacks for a lot of fish that might not attempt to break the shell or otherwise consume a snail.

Ohh that makes sense. Thank you!! Will all fish eat snails?

Yep, waiting to see if they'll eat the two I've cracked open...yet I looked an hour later and it was still crawling down the castle lol

Lol.. does it look weird without the shell?

Some babies are doing just fine; small but easy to find if you look carefully enough

Aww they're pretty cute!
Update: there is so many clutches of eggs it's crazy.. there's on the walls on the silicone on the ornaments even on the suctions of the heater lol. I counted about 30 clutches and that's only the ones I can see. I will be putting them in my community tank in hopes that some will eat them they have grown larger I see little specks on the walls.

 

[Fishfur]

Not all fish will eat snails but most omnivores and a lot of the carnivores will if the meaty part is easy to get to.

 

[IzzBizz]

Not all fish will eat snails but most omnivores and a lot of the carnivores will if the meaty part is easy to get to.

Okay thanks!

 

[Kwikfab]

Pulled some algae off my HOB drain (sponge) just to see what was in it, and I was surprised to see so many snail shells

Here are two-three drops of water alone



40x view, there are about a good 10+ that I found without really trying



100x view, I said shells cause they're all empty



400x view, well almost empty with the exception of a few critters taking up residence



Really hard holding up a phone, but here's a 1000x view

Couldn't get this sort of view on the clutches cause even in their eggs they move a ton



Guess these little guys went into my filter in search for food but died in there

 

[Fishfur]

Pulled some algae off my HOB drain (sponge) just to see what was in it, and I was surprised to see so many snail shells

Here are two-three drops of water alone
40x view, there are about a good 10+ that I found without really trying
100x view, I said shells cause they're all empty
400x view, well almost empty with the exception of a few critters taking up residence

Even if you make a concerted effort to save them all you never get all the little snails surviving.

A lot of them won’t make it for an assortment of reasons and it’s as well that they don’t.

Imagine how many snails you’d have if every egg in every clutch were to survive to become adult? You wouldn’t be able to see much of anything under a carpet of them obscuring everything .

They also scavenge their own kind along with everything else they find - I would expect that a number of them likely end up at least partially fueling their relatives.

 

[Kwikfab]

Even if you make a concerted effort to save them all you never get all the little snails surviving. A lot of them won’t make it for assorted reasons and it’s likely as well that they don’t.

Imagine how many snails you’d have if every egg in every clutch were to survive to become adult? You wouldn’t be able to see much of anything under a carpet of them obscuring everything .

They also scavenge their own kind - I would expect that a number of them likely end up partially fueling their relatives.

Oh it makes me happy don't you worry about that

I love that the original adults are all happily crawling all over the tank, alive and well. So well they produce a lot of clutches.

Although I do remove tons of them, and have even incorporated trimming some of my plants by trimming some of those leaves that have a clutch or two on them.

Just cool to see the things that occur in my own tank, and a reminder to the OP that they hatch and begin their adventure long before we get to spot them.

 

[Fishfur]

Oh it makes me happy don't you worry about that

I love that the original adults are all happily crawling all over the tank, alive and well. So well they produce a lot of clutches.

Although I do remove tons of them, and have even incorporated trimming some of my plants by trimming some of those leaves that have a clutch or two on them.

Just cool to see the things that occur in my own tank, and a reminder to the OP that they hatch and begin their adventure long before we get to spot them.

Indeed - it is cool to see those things close up.

 

[IzzBizz]

Pulled some algae off my HOB drain (sponge) just to see what was in it, and I was surprised to see so many snail shells

Here are two-three drops of water alone
40x view, there are about a good 10+ that I found without really trying

What wow that's crazy there's so many in just a little bit of algae !!

 

[tetraguy]

Definitely

But with 8 snails, you most likely have another 5-6 clutches of eggs spread throughout (with more eggs incoming)

At first I only found them in the corners of the glass (easy to spot) only to realize I've found some at the base of my plants, leaves, on the tube of my intake (HOB), and more

Just come across this pic and this thread come to mind...

Even find them on each other !