Someone's Laying Eggs In My Tank. Who Could It Be?

[natalie265]

They're on the bog wood and attached to various plants. I have red cherry and amano shrimp in my tank, but don't they carry their eggs until they hatch? I also have 3 african dwarf frogs, but they don't breed readily in captivity do they? Anyways, i don't think 2 of the 3 are sexually mature yet. I also have neon tetras and julii corys but i don't think my ph is low enough for them to breed. Lastly, i have nerite snails, but i thought they needed brackish water to breed, or is that only for the eggs to actually HATCH? I'm just curious! Let me know what you think!

 

[saltynay]

Cherries probably look at the back legs (swimming legs) for little balls very easy to breed

 

[shroob]

Shrimp do carry their young until they hatch, so I doubt its shrimp eggs (though its not unkown for inexperienced shrimp to drop their eggs - mine did, but they wouldn't be scattered about like you describe).

Its also not unkown for african dwarf frogs to spawn in aquariums.

I'd look to the cory's or neons first of all.

 

[nosoup4you]

Nerites will lay their eggs in fresh water but the eggs will not hatch. This is likely where your eggs are coming from.

 

[keithp]

A picture would help a lot. Dwarf frogs could breed.

These are fertilized dwarf frog eggs.

 

[natalie265]

They look like tiny, opaque white bumps, firmly attached to the plants--almost like they're a part of the plant itself. I'll try and get a photo, but if the description helps, please post your thoughts.

 

[nel5on]

They look like tiny, opaque white bumps, firmly attached to the plants--almost like they're a part of the plant itself. I'll try and get a photo, but if the description helps, please post your thoughts.

Im gonna say its your cories, they usually scatter eggs ammongst plants in my experiences anyways!

 

[milkton]

HAS to be cories, they scatter their eggs on plants with nice surface area and the eggs are really sticky.

 

[three-fingers]

Nope, doesnt sound like cories to me.
Sounds just like nerite eggs, they should be very hard to the touch, they arent spherical, they are just as you describe - bumps attached to the plants.

 

[Mza36]

ramshorn snails. propably came in with some of your plants. if they are in a hard jelly like case plastered to the plant and the bumps are the individual eggs. i would destroy them. i hate ramshorn