Zebra Nerite snail reproduction

A few weeks back I noticed a baby snail in the aquarium. Funny thing is I only had one snail, a zebra nerite, with its obvious yellow and black stripe pattern. I've had this snail for a month or two. So I started doing the research on how they reproduce. Since most snails are asexual, this would make sense. Nerite snails however, are not. They lay eggs, not hold them inside (which would also make sense in this case). Everything also says the eggs won't hatch or the larvae won't survive unless it's brackish water. So can someone explain how my single zebra nerite snail in a freshwater aquarium has at least 3 baby's?

 

they are most likely pest snails. I was told nerate snails won't even breed in captivity..

 

Can you post a picture. It's probably a bladder or pond snail

 

Your nerite won't have young its just not possible, it's just by coincidence these others have popped up, eggs from bladder,pond, or any other snail have hitched a lift into your tank, photos will id which one it is.

 

Adult (hard to find in the shadows; much brighter yellow when he is out and about) and two of the new babies.

 

Adult (hard to find in the shadows; much brighter yellow when he is out and about) and two of the new babies.

Those are bladder snails not nerites. They usually come in on plants

 

Ahhhh. Thank you. So I guess the next questions is, should I just get rid of them? I already have 2x clown plecos and a Zebra Nerite in a 90 gal aquarium. Apparently none of the fish we have (krib, angels, molly, guppies, pictus cat) are interested in eating them.

 

Ahhhh. Thank you. So I guess the next questions is, should I just get rid of them? I already have 2x clown plecos and a Zebra Nerite in a 90 gal aquarium. Apparently none of the fish we have (krib, angels, molly, guppies, pictus cat) are interested in eating them.

They are good extra clean up crew if you want them but if not then getting rid of them is the hard part. These are considered “pest snails” because of their incredible reproduction rate. Even if you were to just take these out and throw them away chances are more eggs are around in the tank. You can put a piece of zucchini in there and leave it till you collected a good amount of snails and then take them out

 

They are good extra clean up crew if you want them but if not then getting rid of them is the hard part. These are considered “pest snails” because of their incredible reproduction rate. Even if you were to just take these out and throw them away chances are more eggs are around in the tank. You can put a piece of zucchini in there and leave it till you collected a good amount of snails and then take them out

Thank you. I may leave these guys alone for now then.