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OMGG okayy please help ! i got a bamboo shark egg 2 days ago ! , and it hasn't moved since , now today i came home from work , and there was a clear mucus forming at the bottom of the egg, its still not moving :( ?
 
i can see the body , but its staying in the same place , the egg is 2 inches long and the yolk is about an inch , and wiped off all the mucus stuff , it smelt really bad . and the egg looks like how it use to be , and its also hard still
 
Hm, some pictures with a flashlight up to it would really help. I don't know that much about shark eggs, or what that mucus would be....

Zoodiver or other egg owners might have more info on that. Google hasn't even turned up with anything good yet... I would flash a light up to the egg and take a look at all the connections of the sac and make sure everything looked like it was hooked up right.

It could just be nothing or you could have just got a "bad egg". I hope for the best but even if its bad, theres not much you can do now. Try to monitor the egg a little more and watch for movement. As they get bigger they may not move as much due to smaller space.

Check your tempeture, water conditions, PH, make sure nothing is wrong with the tank or conditions.
 
The picture looks like a healthy egg(close up would be better). Theres not much more i can say, cause I have stayed away from eggs. Just check your water, temp and other conditions of the tank. You have a test kit right? Amonia nitrite nitrate etc...

It sounds like slime coat but i don't know if eggs have that lol.... Zoodiver will be the next best person to ask, or he will find the info for you. Thats part of the risk of buying the egg though, endure the wait! It will make that little guy that much more special.
 
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