Eggs In My Tank And Dont Know What To Do!

[Kibble]

Hey everyone, im still new to the whole fishkeeping so some things still stump me. Today while watching my apple snail i have noticed that on the glass i have several pockets (?) of eggs. Currently in the fishtank i have 4 neon tetras (of which one is new bought on sunday), 5 pearl daminos (all of which are new bought on sunday), 2 black neons, 1 ruby shark, 2 corys, 1 ram and a apple snail (of which is new bought on sunday). The tank is a jewel rekord 96, temperature is 26C, ph is 6.5 and everything else is normal. I would if its possible keep the eggs and see if they turn into fish so if anyone has infomation on what the eggs are or who they could be (sorry if im not making sense i just want help on what to do as if i can i dont want them to be eatten) I also think the eggs were put there today as they were not there last night but i went late so could of overlooked it as i was only feeding the fish and checking they are all there.

JUST HAD ANOTHER LOOK - and ive found bigger eggs just above the water , and phoned up my dad who and we have put up 2 dividers made of wire hangers and tights. Is there anything else i need to do? or anything i can buy, would it be best to move the fish out as it seems that the RAM is eatting them

Photos of the eggs are inclosed.

Eggs above the water, you can see that these are way bigger than the ones on the glass

These are the eggs inside of the fishtank. There are more these were the only ones most accessible to photo

And the whole fishtank, just incase it helps anyone.

 

[Colin_T]

The first 2 pics are apple snail eggs. They lay their eggs out of water and when they hatch the baby snails fall into the water and turn into snails. The bottom pics are probably corydoras eggs. Cories regularly lay their eggs in small batches on the glass.

If you want the eggs to survive you could remove the fish but you will need somewhere to move them to. Some people have success using a single sided razorblade to carefully scrape the corydoras eggs off the glass and moving them into another tank for hatching. The eggs have to be kept under water at all times and you should touch them with your fingers/skin.

 

[Kibble]

Thank you for the quick reply, i will try and scrape them of tomorrow and possibly put them into a hatching cage thing? would that be a good idea? i will leave the apple snail eggs as they should be able to survive without any trouble. If i have any other problems i will move the fish into another tank.

Thank you again for the reply.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have always pulled cory eggs to a small hatching tamk so i could add Methylene Blue to help prevent fungus. The tank doesn't need to be cycled but should have a heater and an air stone- but not running too hard- a sponge filter is also fine. A bare bottom will make things much easier. The eggs will get wigglers which will grow as the egg shrinks. the fry will not need any food until they have completely absorbed the yolk sac and are fully free swimming. At this time they will need very small food regularly and to have their water kept clean via vacs and wcs. BBS and cyclop-eeze are two good foods- frozen preferably but FD will also work.

They can be hatched in a hang on container, but then you should be sure it gets good circulation. I dont recommend the net type as other fish may try to suck the eggs out thruough the mesh- they want the yolk inside.

I used an airline to syphon the eggs directly into a 2.5 gal tank. When I tried a razor they would often float away on me and there were too many to remove by hand. Once the egss are a couple of hours old they can be handled with care just fine. I would not wait too long if you want to pull them other fish, as well as the corys, generally see eggs as an easy free meal.

 

[OldMan47]

To have the snail eggs hatch, they must not be submerged in water. Apple snail eggs will quickly drown if submerged.

 

[Lawrence]

btw how old were the fish, and by now i assume the fish eggs have hatched, u know what fish turned out to be...