Zebra Snails Mating ?

Hi
I saw my two zebra snails locked into shall we say an embrace ! Quite gross , never seen them do this before . Does this mean I'm going to have loads of eggs now ? Will moonbeam eat them ? Sorry never seen this before . I wonder if it's because the temperature of the tank has gone up as its been so hot in London ! Or they got excited by the new plants I've added 👍
Allison

But you might be over run with eggs. Nerites lay sesame seed like eggs all over everything but particularly wood. You can scrape them off hard things like the tank walls, filter casing, plastic decor etc but it is very hard to get them off wood as it is softer. I've grown used to the eggs, a small price to pay for the work the snails do eating algae. And I've never found a fish that will eat the eggs.

Newly hatched nerite larvae are swept down the river to sea where they grow, turn into proper snails and migrate back up river. It is possible the eggs might hatch but without salt water the larvae die quickly.

Also meant to ask

What is brackish water ?
Ally

Ally is your plant an anubias?

My 3 zebra nerite snails seem to keep a safe distance from each other.  Then again, they're often out of sight, so who knows what they get up to behind the bike shed, err bogwood! I guess they are up to something, because like Sue, there are plenty of little white dots on the bogwood. It's not particularly offensive though - I don't really notice it and have never tried to remove them.