Tetra Eggs?

[Akasha72]

Hi, does anyone know what tetra's eggs look like?
 
I've just been pruning my main tank and I always check leaves for eggs now before throwing them in my bucket. I found a sword leaf covered in eggs. They are a pale brown and I'm wondering if they are tetra eggs ... I have 10 nematobrycon palmeri tetra's - 5 males and 5 females. I did have a female darting into the plants a couple of nights ago and I know they are egg scatterers.
 
Photo - Taken with macro on they are about as big as a pin head
 

 
 
The only other egg they can be in from my nerite snails but they are generally bright white. It's the fact that these are a pale brown that has me wondering??
 
 
 
 

 

[Munroco]

Could be, but these eggs looked like they were placed there so I doubt it, I also don't think they are sticky.
 
I rescued a baby one a few months ago from my main tank, put it in a small tank and it grew well until the day I found it on the floor.

 

[Akasha72]

the more I look at the photo the more I'm looking to my nerite snails ... it's the colour though that's throwing me. Snail eggs are solid white where-as these are a light brown ... I've put the leaf in the fry tank anyway. I'll give it 7 days. If nothing hatches then I know they are snail eggs and not tetra's.
 
I've had two tetra's - one appeared in my fry tank from a leaf that had cory eggs on. The cory eggs didn't hatch but the tetra did. I raised it from a tiny hatchling on to being a good 2cm. It turned out to be male so it went to the lfs, 5 adult males are enough for me. The 2nd one was spotted hiding in my plants in my main tank. I netted it before the angels spotted it and raised that one too. That one was also male and went to the same place as the first one.
 
I would like to have a go at raising a group of these tetra's alongside the cory fry so if these do turn out to be tetra eggs I'll be a very excited Akasha!

 

[DoubleDutch]

Nerite eggs.
Tetras are eggscatterers.

 

[Akasha72]

I've just had another peep at them and they are now a darker brown. Confused. I would agree that they look like snail eggs in the photo but in real life I'm not 100%
 
I guess time will tell and I'll let you know
 
 
When it comes to identifying eggs I'll stick with cory eggs lol 

 

 

[nic1]

Guess time again

 

[AshGillott]

Good luck! They arnt from the Cory's then? Too small I guess


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[Akasha72]

nope .. too small for cory. I've just checked on them and nothing is happening. It's looking more and more like they are indeed snail eggs

 

[Akasha72]

binned these eggs today. Definitely snail eggs