Nerite eggs

[Mattant1984]

I've kept nerites in the past and would love some again but the hard white eggs they leave everywhere puts me off.

Do all types of nerite lay these hard white eggs and are there ways to stop it (eg do they only lay in certain water conditions etc)

Many thanks guys

 

[Jaseon]

Is there anything that can feed on the eggs?

 

[Mattant1984]

Is there anything that can feed on the eggs?

Not that I know of. I dont know if you have seen them but they are really really hard and even difficult to remove from wood etc manually

 

[Jaseon]

Not that I know of. I dont know if you have seen them but they are really really hard and even difficult to remove from wood etc manually

Ive not no. What i would do is buy one snail at a time, and quarantine it to see if it lays eggs?

Or try, and spot if your LFS has any males....not easy i know.

 

[Mattant1984]

Ive not no. What i would do is buy one snail at a time, and quarantine it to see if it lays eggs?

Or try, and spot if your LFS has any males....not easy i know.

Didn't know you could sex them, thanks for the heads up on that one 😉 👍🏼

 

[Luciën]

Cool I didn't know either, always thought that snails where hermafrodite.

 

[Jaseon]

Cool I didn't know either, always thought that snails where hermafrodite.

What im reading is it depends on the species. Most land snails are.

 

[Sarpijk]

The only Nerites I haven't had lay eggs were Clithon Corona ones.

 

[Mattant1984]

The only Nerites I haven't had lay eggs were Clithon Corona ones.

Oh really, I will take a look into those. Many thanks

 

[Thea B]

Yeah I haven't yet kept them myself but I've read the horned nerite snails don't leave the eggs everywhere like the others.

 

[John q]

always thought that snails where hermafrodite.

Most of them are, but not Nerite snails. Good old fashioned boys and girls.

Yeah I haven't yet kept them myself but I've read the horned nerite snails don't leave the eggs

Whooo they do, they do they do 😁

 

[Aqua360]

yeah the eggs are why i don't keep them anymore, have had lots of ruined bits of wood etc in the past!

 

[jdr3366]

Good luck distinguishing the male from female unless you're are a malacologist! Those photos above were probably taken with a macro lens, and even then I challenge anyone to detect mucosal folds!

Aesthetically, there are lots of snails without the white spot egg issue. If you are concerned about algae, my recommendation is buy a pleco.

Cheers.

 

[frothhelmet]

Theodoxus Fluviatilis nerite eggs rapidly disappear and do not mess up scapes. These are the ones that successfully breed in freshwater. I would get those.