Fish Eggs?

[timmystood]

Good morning/afternoon/evening (depending on where you are!!)

I just woke up and went to feed my community tank (Tank A on my profile) and noticed these little white balls on the filter! There is probably about 20ish of them and they are only a couple of mm each, they are pefect white/cream balls. They must have appeared overnight.

Currently there is a snail on them! Only a tiny snail, loads of them have been infecting the tank for ages, their definatley not snail eggs!!

Are they fish eggs?? The tank has multiples of Neon Tetra, Head + Tail Tetra, Corys and Cherry Barbs
THANKS!

EDIT - Just managed to get a quick pic... sorry about the quality.

 

[jarmado]

might be cory eggs.

 

[GuppyDude]

Hah!, i recongnize those eggs, they likely belong to your corys, i get them alot myself.

 

[timmystood]

COOL!!! Should the cories be guarding the eggs?? Will the snails/other fish eat the eggs?!

I'm excitied!!!!! How long do they take to hatch??
How can I protect them?!

 

[timmystood]

BUMP

 

[Spader]

maybe u can get more answers in the cory section?

 

[McMurray]

the snails will eat teh dead eggs, the corys will not guard them, the tetras will eat the babys

 

[furryrabbit]

cories are crap parents as far as guarding goes. if youre looking for a high survival rate then id suggest a net breeder. they should hatch within 4 days < i think >.

 

[timmystood]

the tetras will eat the babys

Really?? The tank is really well planted and their is loads of cover! Sure they might not survive??

 

[kevin007]

uh they look like snail eggs to me, the eggs will not survive anyways if they are cory eggs, why? the eggs are above the water level, which also leads me to think that they are snail eggs

 

[timmystood]

Their not above the water level, I only pulled the filter their on out of the water for a few seconds just to take that picture.

I know their not snail eggs, because the snails have been in there for about 5 months and have re-produced without laying eggs before.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

nah, snail eggs look like a bunch of bubbles. just siphon them out into a breeder net or something, thats what i did. just make sure you have the food to support them before they hatch

 

[DebraAustin]

So, am I correct in assuming that clear clusters of eggs on my plants are snail eggs? I have white cloud tetras, a couple corys and dwarf platys in the tank right now. If they are snail eggs I want to get rid of them before they hatch. I have my fair share of pond snails and I would love to get ahead of their reproduction if I could.

Debra

 

[Erised]

To Timmy, no the corydoras will not guard their eggs nor young at all. Actually, if you're very unlucky, some of the corydoras even eat their own young (my peppers did, though I believe its not all that common). Other fish often already start eating the eggs. I know in one of my tanks my rams went absolutely mental when my cories were breeding because there were free treats everywhere. He'd actually follow them around and often try to pick them out of their fins when she hadn't even stuck them to anything yet.

So the eggs are at risk, and so are the fry. If you do want them to survive you're best off getting a small breeding tank, it really only needs to be about 5 Gallons or so. The eggs usually take about 4 or 5 days to hatch, and the babies are absolutely tiny (a lot smaller than livebearer fry). So if you leave them in your tank, do not expect to see any fry at all. If you keep them in a breeder net, I don't know ... I'm not keen on those things. I'd just go for a small breeder tank. Or just a big tupperware box will do.

Keep an eye on the eggs though, some might grow fungus, if this happens remove them right away. They'll not only polute your water, the fungus will also spread onto the other eggs.

To Debra, if the eggs are clustered together and look like they're all stuck together by a layer of slime they're snail eggs and you want to remove them.

 

[DebraAustin]

Thanks, will do.

Debra