Eggs on plants

[Rusty_S]

Hi, I had a shipment of plants arrive today and I promptly planted them in my aquarium. Once I had finished I stood back to admire my work. However, after looking at one of the plants I noticed some oval shaped objects that look suspiciously like eggs of some kind. Someone I know ordered plants from the same place and had a problem with caterpillars after he had planted his. I was just wondering, if these turned out to be caterpillars would they thrive like snails do or will the fish simply eat them when they hatch?

 

[Phantom Thief]

Erm... how did aquatic plants have a problem with caterpillars?

P.T.

 

[Rusty_S]

Well, caterpillars or not they certainly looked like them! They must be some kind of larvae but I'm sure the fish will eat them I just need a second opinion before I let them hatch or go to the trouble of taking the plant out and picking off these eggy looking things

 

[Phantom Thief]

Well, most fish will eat any kind of insect or larvae. But you never know if the larvae have parasites or bacteria in them though.

P.T.

 

[Rusty_S]

That's true, thanks P.T. I will take the plant out and get rid of anything suspicious looking, better to be safe then sorry eh

 

[Bangin]

They're probably snails. It's difficult to get rid of those guys when they hitch a ride on your plants!

 

[Rusty_S]

Yeah, although the eggs look a little big to be snails. I'll pick the eggs off tomorrow and hopefully that's the last I'll see of them

 

[ChriX]

Erm... how did aquatic plants have a problem with caterpillars?

P.T.

Maybe they had aquatic caterpillars?

The caterpillar shaped larvae that I had in my tank eating the plants turned out to be mayfly larvae, but still, there is such a thing as an aquatic caterpillar.