Nerite snail eggs?

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Been scraping these off my glass almost daily for a few months. I've probably scraped off thousands by now. I assumed they were some kind of sponge but I'm realizing today that they might be nerite eggs?

What are they?

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You are correct, they are eggs. I get these in my tank as well
 

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Agreed. Tough to get off pumps. I still have some of those white circles on pumps from years ago. Even after bleaching, acid washing, and tons of scrubbing.
 

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Do any of the ones that hatch ever reach adulthood in the aquarium? Or get eaten for the most part? I just noticed a few lines of eggs on my glass over the last week.
 
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I have a few different species that make it to adulthood regularly, mainly trochus and some mystery snail that I have no idea where it came from. I've never noticed baby nerites hatch/survive but they hide all day and clean at night so it's possible that I just don't see them.
 

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I have a few different species that make it to adulthood regularly, mainly trochus and some mystery snail that I have no idea where it came from. I've never noticed baby nerites hatch/survive but they hide all day and clean at night so it's possible that I just don't see them.
Nerites have a larval stage before they're baby snails, so they've most likely been eaten or sucked up by filtration
 

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