Will an egg in the tank effect fish

[Fishy411]

Well someone in my family thought it would be funny to put an egg in my tank. It wasnt dyed or anything but i didnt know if the eggshell would hurt the fish. I think it may have some crayon on it too

 

[GSD]

like a chicken egg?

 

[Fishy411]

yeah a hardboiled egg.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Doubt it. Crayon on it? That should be OK, after all, wax is waterproof. Yuo should be OK, as long as it had the shell on.

 

[Jen]

How long was it in there? The only thing I can thing of is maybe if the shell started to dissolve, but overnight in water wouldnt do that.... a week maybe.

 

[Ben]

the fish wouldve probably ate the egg,with out the shellon, its good for them

DD

 

[Paul_MTS]

yep nothing to worry about, i used to put egg shell in the tank for crabs and lobsters as they can gain calcuim from it.

 

[SirMinion]

The crayon will be non toxic too, so as long as it's not in there long enough to start to rot, then it will be harmless.

Darned Easter Bunny!

 

[LifeBear]

Betta breeders in Singapore swear by powdered hard boiled egg yolk for betta fry. As fragile as those buggers are, I wouldn't think you have anything to worry about.

BUT make sure no more unwelcome items are added. You got lucky with the egg, maybe next time you won't.

 

[Raechal]

That is actually pretty funny.