what size are cory eggs?

[dwarfgourami]

I seem to have some mysterious semi-transparent pebbles in my tank. Two brown, one white, looking vaguely gelatinous. Probably just pebbles, but I thought I'd check.
The only inhabitants are peppered corys and a male platy. I had a ramshorn snail but haven't seen him for months.

 

[smooth_bourbon]

Cory eggs look like pin heads. Usually stuck onto something like a plant or the glass.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I'd say about the size of a large pinhead although when the eggs die they go white and when they mature/grow they go darker but are generaly creamy in color in my experience and are usually stuck to somthing and are sticky and fragile.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

First, after about an hour of being laid, cory eggs are not fragile, in fact they are quite tough and can be removed manuualy to be put into a hatching container.

It sounds to me like what you are seeing are snail eggs.

 

[SnowyzMom]

My snails eggs are gelatinous masses with pinprick white dots in them, usually found on a plant leaf. My pepper corydoras eggs look about the size of cooked tapioca grains and usually creamy in colour. Cory eggs seem to be caviar for everybody in the tank. I usually find the empty husks on the sides of the aquarium glass. I am guessing mine put some on the larger rocks in there and that's how some survived and I got two babies.

It would be cool if you could get cory babies...talk about mega cute!

 

[dwarfgourami]

Thanks everybody! Probably is snails eggs but they're at the back of the tank behind the bogwood so I can't get a proper look. Will have a netting session tomorrow.

My snails eggs are gelatinous masses with pinprick white dots in them, usually found on a plant leaf. My pepper corydoras eggs look about the size of cooked tapioca grains and usually creamy in colour. Cory eggs seem to be caviar for everybody in the tank. I usually find the empty husks on the sides of the aquarium glass. I am guessing mine put some on the larger rocks in there and that's how some survived and I got two babies.

It would be cool if you could get cory babies...talk about mega cute!

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[Coryologist3]

I seem to have some mysterious semi-transparent pebbles in my tank. Two brown, one white, looking vaguely gelatinous. Probably just pebbles, but I thought I'd check.
The only inhabitants are peppered corys and a male platy. I had a ramshorn snail but haven't seen him for months.

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Hi. This should help a bit. Each line is a mm. - Frank/Guppyman®

 

[Inchworm]

That's a very interesting and informative picture, Guppyman.

Here's another picture. This one is of some C. panda eggs:

The difference in the colors of yours, dwarfgourami, could mean that 2 of them are viable and the other is infertile and starting to develop fungus. If you would like to get some cory eggs to raise, I strongly suggest that you set up a spawning tank for them. You also have to watch them carefully because it's not unusual for C. paleatus to eat their own eggs.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Brilliant pictures, thanks both of you!

Actually, this topic is now old, as my cories did spawn for real (you helped with that topic too Inchworm) so I know what they look like (and know that they will get eaten if parents are not removed- they did!).
Don't know what the other lot were, possibly snails, but haven't noticed a snail invasion yet.
Next time I will think of setting up a proper spawning tank, if the family will allow it.

That's a very interesting and informative picture, Guppyman. 

Here's another picture. This one is of some C. panda eggs:

The difference in the colors of yours, dwarfgourami, could mean that 2 of them are viable and the other is infertile and starting to develop fungus.  If you would like to get some cory eggs to raise, I strongly suggest that you set up a spawning tank for them.  You also have to watch them carefully because it's not unusual for C. paleatus to eat their own eggs.

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