Eggs? What are these?

[WhistlingBadger]

Noticed these this morning. Finger for size reference. I thought it was a bit of sand but they are soft and rubbery. My first guess would be snail eggs. But I’ve never seen them like that before. Other critters include fire belly toads, padamya barbs, choprae danios, hillstream loaches, sand loaches, and scarlet badis. Do any of those lay eggs above the water line? Any ideas?

 

[MaloK]

Looks like a frog egg clutter.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

They are stuck to the glass, just at the waterline, in the splash zone of the waterfall.

 

[MaloK]

Close to the surface... How many fire belly do you have in there ? What kind of snails are also in there ?

Search for fire-bellied toad egg images, see how they compare ?

If there's water mist around the area it would also make me even more confident.

 

[MaloK]

They lay eggs in line... But in aquariums many times they get moved and clutter together.

But there's remnant of straight lines all over the pic you posted.

 

[Herpin Man]

I vote snails.

 

[MaloK]

I vote tadpoles.

 

[fishorama]

I only have negative votes. Not loaches, not barbs or danios, probably not badis. So maybe snails or frogs...but not any snails I've had.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

They don't look like the fire belly pictures I've seen. Far too small, not enclosed by jelly.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'll keep an eye on how they develop and let you know.

 

[Back in the fold]

Isn’t it great when mysterious things appear unexpectedly ?

 

[emeraldking]

I've kept Bombina orientalis for years and they stick their eggs to surfaces. Never seen them lay eggs on the glass above water. But glass is a surface as well, of course. While it's not common but sometimes they made a bubble nest.

 

[MattW]

I have no idea at all. But I was wondering since they are just above the water line and are in very close contact with the air bubbles, could that cause floating eggs to become stuck to the glass. As when the bubble pops against the glass it leaves a fine amount of water on the glass side which stuff can become stuck too.

I may just be waffling here but I've definitely had food and even some loose snail eggs come out of the water slightly as bubbles have popped nearby pushing them above water line.

 

[emeraldking]

I have no idea at all. But I was wondering since they are just above the water line and are in very close contact with the air bubbles, could that cause floating eggs to become stuck to the glass. As when the bubble pops against the glass it leaves a fine amount of water on the glass side which stuff can become stuck too.

I may just be waffling here but I've definitely had food and even some loose snail eggs come out of the water slightly as bubbles have popped nearby pushing them above water line.

That could be...
But the best thing for now is just to wait and see... By then you'll know what kind of eggs these are...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I have no idea at all. But I was wondering since they are just above the water line and are in very close contact with the air bubbles, could that cause floating eggs to become stuck to the glass. As when the bubble pops against the glass it leaves a fine amount of water on the glass side which stuff can become stuck too.

I may just be waffling here but I've definitely had food and even some loose snail eggs come out of the water slightly as bubbles have popped nearby pushing them above water line.

I don't think so. These range from right at the water line to just over an inch above. There aren't any bubbles nearly that big hitting the glass.

Just remembered that I have a 14x magnifier. Under it? They still look like little tiny eggs. Some of the ones along the outside of the cluster are cloudy; I'm guessing those are the non-fertilized ones. I'll keep an eye on the others.