Snail people … what heck is this?!

[Salth2onewb]

I am such a snail rookie I was cleaning my tank and couldn’t find the gray mystery snail I saw earlier. So I looked behind the tank and saw this beige thing on the floor … it was hard. Then I found the … what I thought was an empty shell in the tank. I’m like OMG did the snail crawl out of its shell?!! So I put the beige looking thingy in tank close to what I thought was an empty snail shell … maybe it would crawl back in? Oh Jeez … all of the sudden the snail in the grey she’ll miraculously appears. So what the heck is the beige thingy??!

 

[Littlebudda]

They look like eggs, mystery snails lay their eggs out of the water, if you don’t have enough space between the water and the top of the tank she may have laid outside of the tank.

 

[Geoff]

In order to hatch, they can't be in the water, but they do have to be kept moist.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

That’s an egg sack

 

[Salth2onewb]

They look like eggs, mystery snails lay their eggs out of the water, if you don’t have enough space between the water and the top of the tank she may have laid outside of the tank.

Thanks everyone… I did some reading after I posted. I have no idea how long it was on the floor behind the tank. It seemed quite hard when I put it back in the tank. To be honest, I have them in a 5 gallon tank and I really don’t know what to do with 30 - 50 snails

 

[Littlebudda]

Thanks everyone… I did some reading after I posted. I have no idea how long it was on the floor behind the tank. It seemed quite hard when I put it back in the tank. To be honest, I have them in a 5 gallon tank and I really don’t know what to do with 30 - 50 snails

I’m the opposite I’m trying to get mine in the 330gal to breed but it’s all them fooling around and no results. As soon as I find out where they’re buying the contraceptives from we will be good.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Yep, totally a clutch of snail eggs. I usually throw them away when i find them, because it is bad enough my trapdoor and rabbit snails trying to breed me out of the house! Don't need a mystery snail army on top of that.

 

[Salth2onewb]

Yep, totally a clutch of snail eggs. I usually throw them away when i find them, because it is bad enough my trapdoor and rabbit snails trying to breed me out of the house! Don't need a mystery snail army on top of that.

I felt bad, but I got rid of them too. I have them in a 5 gallon tank and when I read 30 to 50 snails could hatch, I just couldn’t do it. I have a 20 and 37 gallon tank I could have moved a few into, but not 30 - 50 yikes! I’m wondering if I should move one of the love birds to one of my other tanks. Can snails be happy if they are the soul snail in a community tank?

 

[BigManAquatics]

I felt bad, but I got rid of them too. I have them in a 5 gallon tank and when I read 30 to 50 snails could hatch, I just couldn’t do it. I have a 20 and 37 gallon tank I could have moved a few into, but not 30 - 50 yikes! I’m wondering if I should move one of the love birds to one of my other tanks. Can snails be happy if they are the soul snail in a community tank?

In my experience, yep

 

[PlatedLilyAquatics]

They were already dead likely. They do not last long in dry air conditions. They need to be moist to remain viable.

 

[Salth2onewb]

They were already dead likely. They do not last long in dry air conditions. They need to be moist to remain viable.

That’s good to know them I don’t feel bad until the next time. I seriously don’t have room for all those snails! These two are like bunnies… they were back at it again, so I guess I’ll have to keep my eyes pealed for more egg sacks. I wanted to separate them and put one in one of my community tanks, but one has a Krib living in it and the other has a gourami and tetras … not sure how they would treat the snail.