fish spawn on glass

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

so..
the otherday i was doing a water change.

I noticed this dime size blob about 3 inches below the water line. it was a clear gel with some little specks in it.

recently i used the maracyn treatment for bga. i just figured it was just a weird clump of the med that struck to the glass, or it was some odd foreign matter that either landed in the tank or hitchhiked maybe on a plant or my arm when i reach in the tank, or maybe some harmful bacterial amoeba blob. in any event it looked like something really bad that you wouldnt want in your tank.

nothing has ever bred in any of my tanks.

i disposed of it,
and got to thinking; were those fish eggs? did something spawn in my tank?

ive got 4 corys, 4 harlequin rasboras, 4 dwarf frogs, and 4 discus around 2.5"
along with a few singlesne bolivian ram, one big swordtail

and a handful of unwanted snails.

discus are too young for that sort of activity,

maybe frogs corries or rasboras??
are they snail eggs?

ive never SEEN anything like this so i dont know

none of the fish have been acting abnormally.
so what could it be?

[valerietheangel]

If it was a gel, it's probably snail or frog eggs. Fish eggs are going to be larger, separate and round, snails usually look like a small clear bit of jelly with dots in the center (although your description seems large for small pond or ramshorn snails). Frogs DO have jelly-like eggs but from regular frogs in ponds that I've seen, they usually lay their eggs in mats tangled in plants.

Discus like to spawn on flat surfaces but their eggs are going to be large enough to discern individual eggs and there will be no gel. Corydoras are often known to lay eggs on glass but again, no jelly stuff. Rasboras are egg scatterers so their eggs would not appear in a clump anywhere, females release them as they swim and males swimming along behind will fertilize them.

[fishsandwitch]

snails fo sho. No other thing cause frog eggs float.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

sounds like they WERE snail eggs... glad i got rid of them. i gotta go get some loaches, these snails are driving me crazy! i sadistically pull them out and salt them!!

[bryony]

You could just let them dry out, that way they might panic and despair before they die.

Also, to comment on your name: $140 of fish in a can.

[sil80guy]

Im having a similar instance. I hope they are snails my ghost shrimp love to eat the snails.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

Originally Posted by bryony

You could just let them dry out, that way they might panic and despair before they die.

Also, to comment on your name: $140 of fish in a can.

HAHAHA