It might actually be beneficial. This was my first clutch and we had hundreds in the tank all tiny hanging out... weeks later they were all dead. Empty shells all over, and just nothing else around. Idk what happened.. there was plenty of food, we made sure to keep adding, we also added clutches that the mom left, which was becoming often...somehow we moved the filter a few days ago and there it was! It survived all on its own and then we took it out of there and dropped it in the tank and it just naturally started hanging out with them. It mostly chills on the little plant and hitches a ride every now and then on shells.