Clea helena (Assassin Snails) feeding frenzy

Hello all,
One of my Marisa cornuarietis ( a large, peaceful snail) was caught by a gang of assassin snails:

The Marisa must have been ill as they are normally elft alone by the assassin snails. But once one assassin had located the snail, the rest soon arrived and joined the feeding frenzy.

All the best,
Kasper

The case of the mysterious eggs solved!

Hello all,
I recently detailed the case of the mysterious eggs (re-read it here) that I was not sure whether they belonged to my Pterophyllum scalare or to one of the Marisa cornuarietis snails roaming the aquarium.

Well consider the case solved!

It was not these guys:

Pterophyllum scalare not laying eggs

Nope the culprit was indeed the Marisa snails. I caught one in the act of depositing eggs and they indeed do look identical:

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs

In this picture it even looks like the scalare is pointing the culprit out, perhaps to get its name cleared :-)

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs while the Pterophyllum scalare draws attention

All the best,
Kasper

Mystery eggs

Hello all,
So there was a surprise waiting for me in the fishtank. Unfortunately I screwed up and destroyed it. *Insert sad face here*
Apparently someone has been busy and deposited a large patch of eggs at the back of the fishtank, on the root system of a small Pistia stratiotes. Sadly, I didn't notice until the plant had been out of the water for some time. At first I thought they might be from my Pterophyllum scalare, but now I think they might be snail eggs - as I havnt seen so much goo around fish eggs before.

There is a small colony of Marisa cornuarietis at large int he fish tank, they might be responsible.

Hmm, what might they be? Stay tuned as I investigate the case of the Mystery Eggs!
Anyways, I put the plant back again, but the eggs were soon eaten by hungry fish, now that they were not hidden in the background anymore.

EDIT: Well the case was solved a few days later - read the solution here...

All the best,
Kasper