Sexing Nerite Snails

Sure they are eggs? I thought I had the same problem come to find out they are actually a snail watch one real close for a few minutes and see if it moves. Mine did I researched it and it's a snail.
Check the first post in the sticky named what's that bug? In this section

If one Nerite is on top of the other (when mating), then the one on top is likely the male. That's the method I use and now I have all my females separate from my males and don't have to deal with Nerite eggs.

dj2005 said:

If one Nerite is on top of the other (when mating), then the one on top is likely the male. That's the method I use and now I have all my females separate from my males and don't have to deal with Nerite eggs.

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so they only lay eggs during mating? i thought females lay eggs all the time(kinda like chickens). i havent seen snails mate before but i will try this out.

gogreen said:

so they only lay eggs during mating? i thought females lay eggs all the time(kinda like chickens). i havent seen snails mate before but i will try this out.

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I'm not sure. I used to get a lot of eggs but after moving my males out of the tank, the egg laying stopped after a few months.

One of the annoyances to keeping nerites.

I have one lone nerite. She lays eggs. No boys needed. Not too bad in a 75g.

dj2005 said:

I'm not sure. I used to get a lot of eggs but after moving my males out of the tank, the egg laying stopped after a few months.

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have you noticed if males tend to be smaller than females?