Water nymph Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Are there any freshwater aquarium animals that eat nerite snail eggs? Edited to add: We don't have brackish water, so we're not worried about them hatching. It's the white eggs all over the dark wood in our aquarium that's an eyesore. Edited February 1, 2021 by Water nymph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakal Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 You don't really need to worry about Nerite Snail eggs because most of the time, they only hatch in brackish water. But just to be safe, clown loaches should do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water nymph Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 We're not worried about them hatching in our aquarium since we don't have brackish water. It's the white eggs all over the dark colored wood in our tank we don't like. If there is a fish, frog, etc., that could eat the eggs, but leaves the nerite snails alone, it would be great. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaAggie Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 @Water nymphi’ve tried asking this question before an never got anywhere. I haven’t been able to catch mine in the act to find the girls but did see someone talking about how they by nerites one at a time and put them in quarantine and watch for eggs before adding to their display tanks. Doesn’t solve the current problem but could minimize it in the future 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water nymph Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 6 hours ago, AquaAggie said: @Water nymphi’ve tried asking this question before an never got anywhere. I haven’t been able to catch mine in the act to find the girls but did see someone talking about how they by nerites one at a time and put them in quarantine and watch for eggs before adding to their display tanks. Doesn’t solve the current problem but could minimize it in the future That's a great idea! Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeonduck Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Something/s in my community tank eats the nerite eggs but I never notice them doing it. I think that the most likely candidates are the gastromyzon ctenocephalus the otocinclus and/or the leopard frog plec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water nymph Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, Pigeonduck said: Something/s in my community tank eats the nerite eggs but I never notice them doing it. I think that the most likely candidates are the gastromyzon ctenocephalus the otocinclus and/or the leopard frog plec. Thanks! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLabelCarling Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I jut mow them down with a tooth brush 👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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