Weird yellow stuff in plant in tank

[norbie]

i have discovered a strange looking substance in my tank.

i cant really get a photo of it up, as my camera cant deal with close ups.

it in the middle of a plant near the surface and looks like a yellow cotton wool substance with little brown bits in and i dont know what it is

i have tiny snails, guppies and corys in my tank

any ideas?

 

[The-Wolf]

could be snail egss.
what kind of snails do you have?

 

[pauldredge]

i had this but i saw it in a mouth of another fish and my girlfriend said its just a bit of fluff so i said where the hell did the fish get some fluff from lol. i think its eggs but am not 100% sure.

 

[Nuttygal! :0)]

Well it wouldn't be the guppies coz they're livebearers as you probably know, and I don't know anything about corys but anyway I'm guessing it's snails eggs! You're gonna have loads!

 

[norbie]

i guess it could be snail eggs then.

i have lots of tiny snails - there are snails and fish hanging round that plant so im not sure.

has anyone got pictures of cory eggs?

 

[WILDER]

Do you have a spare tank you could remove the eggs to.

 

[norbie]

no i dont - what eggs do you think they are then? snails?

 

[the caretaker]

Hi norbie, could it possibly be the wadding from the bottom of some plant that you may have put in a while back? just a thought

 

[norbie]

it could be that, but it looks like its been placed there, or its growing out of the intersection of the plant in the middle where the leaves come out

 

[SirMinion]

I'd put my money on some sort of fungal growth or plant wadding - I'd get it out of the tank.
Guppies don't lay eggs, doesn't sound like cory eggs, and snail eggs are colourless and jelly-like, unless they're apple snails in which case they're orange and laid above the water-line.

 

[the caretaker]

SOOOOO what was it did you get it out? and if so what was it?

 

[norbie]

most of it seems to have gone...

there a little bit there.... im very bemused but i think it might be snail eggs