fish eggs

[abstract]

in general what do fish eggs look like. I'm sure they all have different characteristics but what size, color, etc am I look for?

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

Mostly they are clear and round, with a little round embryo in the middle, but somtimes they are different colors (Kuhli loach eggs are green).
Trust me, if you see any you'll know what they are right away.

 

[Logitech]

What about caviar?

 

[abstract]

well i found a few very small clear balls with a bunch of dark spots inside of it when i was siphoning my gravel, after seeing a couple pairs of fish exhibiting signs of mating...is there anything special i should do with these to make them hatch if they are fish eggs?

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

What about caviar?

Caviar comes from marine mammels (Beluga Whales) , not fish.

is there anything special i should do with these to make them hatch if they are fish eggs?

What type of fish?

 

[abstract]

could be blue paradise fish or golden wonder panchax...i have a pair of blue rams in there too

 

[melleth]

ummm actully whales give birth to live young as do all mamals. hence you cannot get eggs from them unless one was to kill one which I believe is illegal in nearly the whole world.

Caviar does come from fish. It comes mostly from sturgeon.
http/www.caviaremptor.org/
Of the most concern is the beluga sturgeon, which produces beluga caviar, whose populations have declined more than 90 percent in the past two decades. Experts believe beluga sturgeon are so depleted that they may no longer be reproducing in the wild.

 

[Logitech]

What about caviar? 

Caviar comes from marine mammels (Beluga Whales) , not fish.

Oooh. Thanks for saying.

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

ummm actully whales give birth to live young as do all mamals. hence you cannot get eggs from them unless one was to kill one which I believe is illegal in nearly the whole world.

Caviar does come from fish. It comes mostly from sturgeon.
http/www.caviaremptor.org/
Of the most concern is the beluga sturgeon, which produces beluga caviar, whose populations have declined more than 90 percent in the past two decades. Experts believe beluga sturgeon are so depleted that they may no longer be reproducing in the wild.

I knew that whales gave birth to live young, I was thinking maybe they removed them somehow. Thanks for clearing that up for me, when I heard Beluga I assumed it was the whale, but since the word is Russian for blue (I beleive...), I guess there are a lot of fish that would have that as part of their name.

 

[shmax101]

How did you guys get on the whale subject anyhow? The blue rams can be ruled out, they lay eggs usually on the underside of a cave/leaf/rock, or some place similar. The paradise fish I believe to be egg scatterers and could possibly have spawned into the gravel. I'm not sure on the breeding method of panchax, maybe read up on their spawning methods online. Sorry I wasn't more helpful, but I will be researching panchax for a while now... thanks a lot hehe

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

The paradise fish I believe to be egg scatterers and could possibly have spawned into the gravel. I'm not sure on the breeding method of panchax, maybe read up on their spawning methods online. Sorry I wasn't more helpful, but I will be researching panchax for a while now... thanks a lot hehe

When you say paradise fish, do you mean paradise Gourami ( I couldn't find any fish by that name)? If so, they are bubble nest builders and will lay their eggs at the surface of the water.
Panchax is a type of killifish, which usually lay their eggs in this moss like material that you usually need to cause them to breed, but I guess it could be them.
Could they just be snail eggs?

 

[abstract]

I think the paradise fish is a type of gourami. http/www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/...radise_fish.htm

and yes, i guess it could also be snail eggs, but i've heard from others that they usually lay eggs at the top of the tank just above the water line

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

My snails lay their eggs everywhere (particularly on my algae cleaning magnet, should I leave it in the tank.), I would think the eggs would dry out and die if the snails laid them above the water line.
If you have snails the eggs are most likely from them.