Goldfish eggs?

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Wrecker4488

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This morning a gave my goldfish some food and i saw a white cloudy ball with a membrane float across the substrate and thought it was leftover food from the night before that got overturned and continued with my day. I came home and said hi to my goldies and noticed several of them attached to rocks and my fake plants. I thought, "this is either eggs or some bad bacteria". I could not believe it! i have one black moor that i do not know its age since it was a rescue and a butterfly telescope who id assume is about a year old. I thought both fish were females since they have a rounded rear. I am not sure if there are eggs, but from my research on the internet it sounds about right. I would just like confirmation.

Tank specs for additional info:
size: 30 gal (2 goldfish inhabit the tank)
temp: 72-75 Farienhiet
kh: 60
gh: 40
ph:7.2
NO3: 10 ppm
NO2: 0 ppm

I have seen what appears to be m smaller male courting my female, but i thought that goldfish was territorial over food since they'd mainly chase when i fed them
 
Update: I do not have a proper setup for the eggs (due to space and financial reasons) so im unsure what I'm going to do with them. I left them in the tank with the adult goldfish and the fish have not touched them or bothered with them. Today I noticed the faintest breeding stars on my small male goldfish, and considering the larger one is way older than him, I'd suppose that one is a female. When I originally brought these fish home I was hoping they'd be the same gender so I wouldn't have to deal with fry.
I do not believe that the male was fertile at the time the eggs were released because the eggs look more closely to unfertilized eggs when compared to those online. Though I do see black dots inside all the eggs, the eggs seem too white and not clear enough to be fertilized. There was also no clouded water in the morning I last saw them or in the afternoon (2:30pm ish) indicating sperm, but it could have diminished by the time I returned.

Besides that, everything is normal with the tank and the two goldfish are still swimming besides each other all day and begging me for another helping of food hahaha.
 

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