What are these white spots???

[Lgtuk]

I have some white spots on my wood and wondered what they were? They are on the right in a cluster and a few on the left. A lot of the dots on the left are co2 bubbles though.

Are they eggs? Fungi? Something else completely?

 

[mow said]

have you got a nerite snail??

 

[Lgtuk]

Yes I have but thought they didn't breed easily and need brackish water to breed?

I don't have brackish water...

 

[DavidW]

Yes I have but thought they didn't breed easily?

They lay eggs (lots of eggs), but they only hatch is brackish water.

 

[Lgtuk]

Oh ok I am not going to be overrun then lol. I just ordered more snails on Monday could have been wasted money if these hatched.

 

[mow said]

well those eggs are nerite snail eggs and are very hard to remove the more you add the more white eggs you will have in your aquarium

 

[Lgtuk]

Won't my fish eat them?

 

[Nick Norman]

My fish don't eat mine. I only have two snails and all my hardscape looks like sesame seed buns.

 

[mow said]

no they are hard to remove i have only one nerite snail but never laid eggs on my scape or wood.

 

[Lgtuk]

Oh i didn't know they did that I have about 5-7 horned nerite maybe one striped one left as they keep wondering off round my living room and 2 toffee coloured with spots on.

Its only on my wood they have laid eggs on, I will have to grow some moss over them if they don't come off.