Are snail eggs hard to see?

[saradomin]

I bought a small sword plant from Petsmart for my cichlid tank. I washed out the plant and scrubbed the leaves to remove any snail eggs. I haven't seen a snail egg before so are they large or really small?

 

[jclyde13]

Depends on the species of snail, but some are quite small. If you've scrubbed it down thoroughly, chances are there aren't any hidden eggs left.

 

[Oddball]

Egg-laying snails, which deposit eggs in water, usually have their eggs encased in a mass of jelly. Larger moon snails deposit brightly colored egg masses above the water line (no jelly). Snails like trapdoor snails and MTS are live-bearing.

 

[saradomin]

How long would it take to start seeing any snails if I didn't remove all of the eggs?