Are Cory cat eggs poisonous to other fish?

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My albino cory's ( surprize!) spawned some time in the last 48 hours.. was just doing a water change because one of my starry night eels is acting very odd.. she's bloated ( no discoloration, and laying sideways at the bottom) the water tested fine.. so what does one do? well of course water changes! ... So i found a clump of small eggs at the top of the tank along the waterline where a peice of driftwood also snugs in. I'm wondering if she gorged herself on cory eggs? I have 3 good sized cory's in the tank 3 clown loaches, a male betta, 2 starry night eels. and some new glow-light tetras... never had my cory's lay eggs at the top f my tank.. but i have had corys spawn for me before, 99% sure this is what i'm seeing. So... are their eggs poisonous to other fish? I'm monitoring my eel, and did add a health dose of prazi last night when she first started acting odd. this has happened before with her in this tank and a round of good water changes seemd to clear it up.. but I'm wondering if this isn't the first time they've spawned. I feed the tank a mix of spirilinia flakes, NLS thera A, and live blackworms ( for the eels) So the corys are def in breedable conditions. My other starry night btw is fine.. just poking his head out to the sand. btw if i do get any vibale young i'll post pics.

Crazy fish :screwy:
 
Thats what im thinking she did... so far shes OK.. just very fat, nobody is bothering her so I imagine shell be fine like last time. Just good to know the eggs wont hurt her.
 
Just keep an eye on her, she probably did just devour to many of those cory eggs.

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Sadly she didn't make it. I did measure her as you can see below and did an autopsy on her, which showed noting abnormal that I could find. I did not take pictures as i'm also balanceing infant care and trying to autopsy a fish, take care of a baby, and take pictures.. wasn't gonna happen. I thought she was about 10-12" surpized she was almost 14". We had her for almost 1yr now and just got her a new tankmate about 2 monthes ago. Like I said the rest of the fish are doing fine in the tank, if anything abit peppy with the extra water change. :( RIP lil' fishy

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