[Cydric]

I have this not so professional picture of eggs I just now found in my 29g community aquarium.

Inhabitants:
7 Harlequin rasboras
6 Otos
Numerous RCS and CRS
1 Asian Filter Shrimp - female
Numerous Ramshorn snails and pond snails

I know it's not a good picture, i don't have an expensive camera to zoom in really far.

on my anubias coffeeolia

 

[spypet]

well, I doubt they are Ramshorn, which look like this flat 6mm mass;

 

[AnneRiceBowl]

They're neither snail nor shrimp eggs. Could be rasbora or otos, but I am leaning more towards rasbora eggs. Congrats!

 

[dufus]

if they're really stuck on there they may be oto eggs. but the raboras are more likely to breed.

 

[ianiwane]

looks to big to the the rasboras, my vote is for ottos.

 

[jt20194]

Your'e the lucky parent of Otos!!!

 

[James From Cali]

It seems that they will be Rasbora eggs. The snails eggs look different and Otos will lay their eggs in more fine leaved plants.

 

[Cydric]

anything special i should do to them?

I see my rasboras CONSTANTLY going at it with each other underneath the leaves of my H. polysperma

 

[Cardinal Tetra]

I'll vote for oto eggs. I hear that harlequins lay their eggs on the undersides of leaves.

 

[jt20194]

Rasboras typically lay their eggs under the leaves and usually lay 100 or more. Further, they are actually more difficult to breed than Otos. Both are hard to breed. In so far as the eggs, unless you want to remove the leaf and set up a holding tank you'll like lose them once they hatch.

JT

 

[Cydric]

I'll vote for oto eggs. I hear that harlequins lay their eggs on the undersides of leaves.

Same here and i see my harlequins going at it all the time on the underside of the leaves on many of my plants esp the h. polysperma

 

[James From Cali]

anything special i should do to them?

I see my rasboras CONSTANTLY going at it with each other underneath the leaves of my H. polysperma

They prefer the more broad leaved plants and they will lay the eggs under there. Otos I dont think care bout where the eggs are but it is more common to see the eggs in fine leaved plants(like Rotala Indica or Rotala Rotundifolia). You can add the eggs to a seperate tank and put an airstone near them to "fan" the eggs. Then when they hatch they should eat the egg sac and then you should feed them liquid fry food. And Congrats on the eggs!

 

[jt20194]

Hmmm,

I didn't read your post that the Rasboras were doing their thing. But, as everyone has stated and you just confirmed they typically lay under the leaves. There are always exceptions...

JT

 

[James From Cali]

Hmmm,

I didn't read your post that the Rasboras were doing their thing. But, as everyone has stated and you just confirmed they typically lay under the leaves. There are always exceptions...

JT

This is true. Like I had said Otos prefer thin leaved plants to lay there eggs in but there are exceptions to this. Its a mix up. When and if they hatch you can try to identify what they are as they grow older.

 

[AnneRiceBowl]

I vote that a seperate tank be setup for the hatching and fry, pull the leaf off the plant, and just see what hatches.

 

[jt20194]

Well the fact of the matter is that Cydric is doing something right because everything is breeding in that tank!!!

Good job

JT

 

[Cydric]

I could pull the leave off and put it in my 2.5g nano? I have 4 male feeder guppies in there right now i could easily remove...would this be wise?

 

[James From Cali]

Agreed. And I think we all agree when I say we want pics of the fry

If your able to move the Gups then go ahead.

 

[jt20194]

Just make sure that you use the water from the tank where the eeggs are and remove everything from the Nano. No gravel

JT

 

[Cydric]

Ok then, I'll go do that now. I'll be sure to take as many pictures as i can and keep everyone updated!! (only noticed these eggs about an hour ago)