[shane3fan]

I have a planted 29gallon tank with 2 mystery snails, 5 Corydoras and a Rainbow Shark and I recently noticed some eggs in the tank--unsure of who they belong to-Im guessing snails, but they dont look like the mystery snail egg pics I found through Google.

Input? They are on the heater on the right. Ignore my Anacharis--that is all I have left after I melted 10+plants with Excel--grrr.

 

[Ariel301]

It's hard to tell in the picture...all the snail eggs I have seen look like a little drop of clear jelly with tiny eggs inside. But I don't think cories lay their eggs like that stuck to a vertical surface (I could be wrong though) and I don't know about rainbow sharks.

 

[zzyzx85]

I'd say they're cory eggs. They can lay eggs on vertical surfaces (found some on my back glass the last time they spawned)

 

[gheitman]

I agree that they are cory eggs. I've had them lay eggs on the glass but never on a heater though.

 

[SearunSimpson]

I would say they are the eggs of Mystery Snails. I have seen Cory eggs up close many times, and usually they are clear-ish, and are in small clusters together. The fact they are white, and spread that far apart leads me to believe they are eggs of the Mystery Snails.

 

[shane3fan]

Thanks for the answers---after some research I have found that I was sold snails under the premise that they were Mystery snails when in fact they are Nerites---guess thats what I get for not doing research back when I was purchasing my livestock and plants.



Good news is that after the research I did today I found that Nerite snails are actually snails that I WANT in my tank and I may go buy a few more of them.

 

[SearunSimpson]

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/fish/97247-cories-spawning.html good example of what I meant by being clearish, and in clusters.

 

[zzyzx85]

if they are nerite snails and not mystery snails, then they are definitely nerite snail eggs. They looked a little small to be definitely cory eggs. And true Mystery snails do not lay eggs underwater. They lay eggs above the water surface.

 

[mumushummus]

Yeah thats right ZZYZX85!

 

[Reeyia]

If they are Nerite eggs, they won't hatch in freshwater.