who laid 'em?

[kakojones]

I have a tank with some ottos, cories, neon tetras, and zebra danios. there are now some egg looking things on the side of the tank about 5" above the gravel. are they eggs and who laid them?
No photos right now, the camera died.

 

[livebearerfreak]

how many of each fish do u have

 

[Alistriwen]

Danios and Neons are egg scatterers so it's either the ottos or the cories, I dont know much about breeding either.

 

[importracer]

I believe your community feeders are all egg scatters....Snail eggs jelly looking globs with small, multiple white spots in it.....Well just snap some pictures for some analysis....Be quick....Might be a parasite...lol...

 

[Mystix212]

Easy, they are cory eggs. You can leave them be or even scrape them off with a single edged razor into a fine mesh breeding net so they wont get eaten. Cory's are pretty easy to spawn.

 

[kakojones]

of the cories and ottos there are two each. the danios and tetras are 5 each.

so, probably the cories? I thought they stuck there eggs on a horizontal surface and not vertical.

I guess I'll just leave them for now, how long before I know they're duds?

and thanks for the quick responses on this one.

 

[lobo]

Yes that are the cories for sure. I had it once on the front to the glass of my tank. What kind of cory do you have?

 

[kakojones]

they're emerald cories. I've had them for about a month or so, this is in the kids' communty tank so I don't pay too much attention other than when I "get" to clean it.

 

[PoofaceQ]

yeah def. cory eggs. dont scrape em if your not that interested in the tank beause they take a VERY long time to grow. just hogging a ten gal i could be using for so m any other things.

 

[Mystix212]

of the cories and ottos there are two each. the danios and tetras are 5 each.

so, probably the cories? I thought they stuck there eggs on a horizontal surface and not vertical.

I guess I'll just leave them for now, how long before I know they're duds?

and thanks for the quick responses on this one.

I find that corys prefer to lay eggs on the glass rather then objects placed around the tank in a specific location. You can tell they're duds if they turn white and or are fuzzy. Expect a longer then normal egg period. 4>-<9 days.