New Close Up Pic Of White Spots On Tank

[metweezer]

Hi All,
I got a close up pic of the white spots on my tank. Hopefully one of you can tell me what they are. They are not moving and are stuck to my inside glass, Are they Spirorbid Worms?
Thanks for the help,
Steve

 

[babyb]

there shape kinda looks like limpit ( sp?) snails
they do not really look like spirorbid snails ( if its the kind im thinking of) that form on glass

 

[mmm33732]

Looks like Nerite snail eggs to me.

 

[alix2.0]

definately limpets

 

[metweezer]

Originally Posted by mmm33732
http:///forum/post/2467213
Looks like Nerite snail eggs to me.
I do have Nerites in my tank

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2467217
definately limpets

Alix,
They are so small at this point that they don't resemble Limpets at this point. No shells yet. They appear to be eggs.
Thanks all for the help,
Steve

 

[alix2.0]

Originally Posted by metweezer
http:///forum/post/2467852
I do have Nerites in my tank

Alix,
They are so small at this point that they don't resemble Limpets at this point. No shells yet. They appear to be eggs.
Thanks all for the help,
Steve

i was thinking because of the angle you see the lower ones from they look like a lot of the smaller limpets in my tank, and they all appear to have mouths. but if they dont have shells then they probably arent, lol. if you have nerite snails they they probably are eggs.

 

[chrgerondavins]

I think you just painted your tank with polka-dots

 

[metweezer]

Will a cleaner shrimp eat them?

 

[bjlled]

Have you removed any? Do they have a hard shell? How big are they actually? 1mm? 2mm? 3mm?

 

[metweezer]

I would say between 1 & 2mm. They are not moving. They are stuck to the glass.

 

[bjlled]

Are they raised from the glass? do they have a hard shell?

 

[perfectdark]

Are those like sacks and there are little eggs in each of them? If so its a type of snail i belive, I had them in the past looked just like that.

 

[metweezer]

They don't appear to have a hard shell. They are pretty flat and stuck to the glass. I have nerite snails and an earlier post said they could be nerite eggs. They seem to be eggs. Holding a magnifier up to them there appears to be something yellow inside. They are not moving.
Should I scrape them off the glass?

 

[metweezer]

Anybody??

 

[jimmy40741]

Sorry I can't help you with your question about if you should scrape them or not. But I read your message last Friday because I noticed a couple of dozen white spots on my glass in different spots last week, and we figured out what they were yesterday. They are snail eggs. I have turbo snails and nasssarius snails in my tank and we watched one of the nasssarius snails moving down the back glass and leave a trail of 12 white spots behind it. Also, after that I noticed about 20 white spots on my themometer where about 5 turbo snails had been congrigated the day before. The ones on the thermometer look more like little sacks than the ones on the glass which just look like round spots, so I think they may actually be from the turbo snails. I am going to leave them on my glass and not scrape them in the hopes that they will hatch out and I can sell them to one of my local pet stores later when they get big enough.

 

[metweezer]

Thanks Jimmy,
I scraped mine off. I was getting too much algae on the glass.

If they hatch, so be it. I have both Nassarius and Nerite snails in my tank. I don't need any more snails and I am not interested in breeding them and selling them.

Steve