Trojan Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Found some eggs in our display tank this morning and have no idea who they belong to. The eggs are pinkish in colour and approx 2mm in diameter. They are in a cluster of approx 30 eggs but what makes it amazing is it is about 3-4 cm ABOVE the waterline and stuck to the back of the glass. In my tank I have the following: Breeding pair of Gold Severums Breeding pair of Convicts Breeding pair of common bristlenose 1 female Green Terror (10cm) 1 albino oscar (12cm unsure of sex) 4 clown loach (8cm) 2 black ghost knife (14cm) 4 yellow turbo snails (2-3cm) This is all that has ever been in the tank. I'll try and get pictures up later but any help/guesses will be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 They belong to the snails - quite usual for them to be laid there When they hatch they will fall to the bottom of the tank and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Edit: Beat me to it Anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Yep, definately snails. If you don't want a few more snails, knock the eggs into the tank. if you want as many as possible to live, get them into some kind of sanctuary to let them get some size and shell strength or those Yanks will demolish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Snails it is. I used to love snails till I had quite a few of them. But I was under the impression that cichlids eat snails. Not true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 American's love them - it they fit in their mouths that is. I harvest a heap of baby snails from by planted tank every so often & chuck them into my american tank - they NEVER hit the bottom. I'm surprised the Sevs or GT havent tried to smack the big snails about, must be too big for them I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poxboy Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 When I first got into the hobby a few years ago my Golden mystery snails laid eggs on the underside of the lids. I thought that wasps had somehow got into my tank and built a nest so I chucked them out. It took me three goes to work out what was happening....... . Bretto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 Thanks for all the replies. I think I'll keep a few more of these so I'll float a takeaway contrainer to grow them in. Snails are a bit big for the cichlids to swallow and they leave the snails alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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