Eggs! Who’s the culprit?

[The Masked Shadow]

Hello everyone, I noticed eggs scattered helter-skelter all over my aquarium. I know they aren’t fertilized, but who?? There is a pair of Corys, 6 Congo tetras, and one Delhezi Bichir. I think Corys, cause I saw one brushing up against the glass where the eggs are, but Sparky was standing up a few inches away from the eggs. So who???

 

[robmcd]

Corydoras.

 

[duanes]

Could be Cory eggs, they are often deposited on the tank glass.
You can scrape them off with razor blade and drop them in a container to see if they hatch, an airstone on "low" to oxygenate the water a little helps.

 

[tlindsey]

Definitely Corydora like everyone has stated the Congo Tetra will scatter eggs on spawning mops and plants not deposit on glass walls of the aquarium.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

They aren't fertilized. I think it is time to get sparky checked. There are eggs on plants and walls.

 

[tlindsey]

They aren't fertilized. I think it is time to get sparky checked. There are eggs on plants and walls.

Is Sparky the Delhezi? The eggs look fertile to me.

 

[tlindsey]

Is Sparky the Delhezi? The eggs look fertile to me.

Polypterus are egg scatterer's also but sometimes a couple eggs will be found on the glass.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Sparky is the del, and I need to get him checked. Once I get home from school, I will see. How can you tell the eggs are fertile? I saw one of the corys up against the glass swimming crazily exactly where the eggs were, but dismissed it as begging for food. Maybe he was fertilizing. (Thier names are Bob and Linda after Bob's Burgers!

 

[The Masked Shadow]

I also noticed one was fattttt. The guy told me they were a pair, but he said he guessed they were

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Well, I found the motherload of eggs. under the Anubis’s leaf. I filled the 2.5 gallon 1/3 of the way with cycled water, and added an air stone. The air stone produces a lot of bubbles. Do I leave it? Are they fertile? I was not expecting this! What a pleasant surprise! Can’t get a great picture with the iPad.