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HURRAY I HAVE EGGS (need help id'ing)

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    but i have no idea what they are

    i found them on the bottom of the tank in the gravel


    egg laying fish in the tank are:

    common pleco's (x2)
    pepper cories
    and i have a single bichir
    and a single apple snail (ya i know its not a fish but it lays eggs)
    single glass fish
    2 little neons soon to be eaten by dino the bichir
    2 pea puffers (i know it wasnt them because 6 eggs are bigger than the puffer)



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    not cory eggs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jobber604 View Post
    not cory eggs.
    the only 2 species in my tank that i am aware of that can produce eggs of that size are the cories, and the snail, but from what ive read, the snails lay their eggs out of water and require 2 snails to reproduce (i only have 1 and have had it for quite some time) ... unless the snail isnt the species i thought it was

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    so certain they're not cory eggs since i got some sticking in java moss and the glass.
    apple snail eggs (looks to me their snail eggs):
    Yahoo! Canada Image Search Results for apple snail eggs

    snails are Hermaphrodite, self fertilization
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    better watch out of you'll have more of those eggs
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    i think it was the apple snail tbh
    those look like the eggs mine used to stick to the canopy, if they dont hatch they eventually harden and fall into the water
    hermaphrodites dont self fertilize they exchange sperm with each other, those were likely unfertilized.. check to see if theyre really hard

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    they look like apple snail eggs.

    My Apple snails lay large clusters of eggs under the canopy lid, or above the water line.
    eventual some fall into the tank.
    The clusters are pink almost red with 50 or more eggs, about the diameter of a grain of cooked rice. 3/32"

    The Apple snail laying the eggs is about the size of a Mandarin orange/larger than a golf ball smaller than a tennis ball.
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    they're soft and filled with white goo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mferko View Post
    i think it was the apple snail tbh
    those look like the eggs mine used to stick to the canopy, if they dont hatch they eventually harden and fall into the water
    hermaphrodites dont self fertilize they exchange sperm with each other, those were likely unfertilized.. check to see if theyre really hard
    thanks mferko. did some extra reading.

    "Unlike the pulmonate snail families, apple snails are not hermaphroditic, but gonochoristic; i.e. they have separate genders."-wikipedia
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    Quote Originally Posted by jobber604 View Post
    thanks mferko. Did some extra reading.

    "unlike the pulmonate snail families, apple snails are not hermaphroditic, but gonochoristic; i.e. They have separate genders."-wikipedia
    i need to find its wiener so i can possibly rule it out

 

 
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