What is this strange thing on the glass?

[azman_haron]

I was cleaning my tank today when I spotted this on the glass:


IMG_1333 by azman_haron

It's about the size of a finger nail.

Here's a close up :

IMG_1332 by azman_haron



Can anyone help me identify it? Should I panic? How do i get rid of it?

Thanks in advance

[tohtruck]

looks like ramshorn eggs.. do you have ramshorn snails in your tank?

[azman_haron]

looks like ramshorn eggs.. do you have ramshorn snails in your tank?

l don't have any ramshorn snail so it's even more puzzling

[Shrimplicity]

Nerites snails?

[tohtruck]

What are the livestocks in your tank?


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[Urban Aquaria]

Should be pond snail eggs.

[seudzar]

Not nerite snails, these are what UA mentions

[tetrakid]

If it's on the glass, it must have been laid by some creature which did it. Why not let them hatch and grow to find out?

[azman_haron]

If it's on the glass, it must have been laid by some creature which did it. Why not let them hatch and grow to find out?

i am afraid if I let it hatch, they will multiply and go out of control

So will remove them tonight.

Will scraping them off and suctioning away work?

[azman_haron]

What are the livestocks in your tank?

Just 4 tetras....thats why I am really puzzled

[Trichopsis]

Definitely eggs of a pond snail - look among your plants; it might have been hiding in there all along. You can scrape off the entire egg mass, and put it in a separate jar or container of water if you want to see the development of the eggs.

[qool]

Remove the eggs and hunt for the adults. Unless you have a puffer most likely snails will overrun your tank then it will be too late to do anything.