White eggs(?) on plants

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RayT

Discussion Starter · Sep 21, 2010

Hello all,

Tonight as I was looking into my tank I noticed some white egg looking sacs on some of my plants.

Sorry those are the best I could do from my phone:icon_conf. Anyway, this is a 5 gallon with a few plants and one cory for now (completely cycled and has been up for 1 year+). I topped off the tank with about half a gallon last night. I'm wondering if the water was cooler than usual and if this may have set off the cory to lay her eggs. What do you guys think?

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tuffgong

· #2 · Sep 21, 2010

Yeah, they look like cory eggs to me.

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timwag2001

· #3 · Sep 21, 2010

cool water will act like a rain storm which often spurs spawning

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RayT

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 21, 2010

timwag2001 said:
cool water will act like a rain storm which often spurs spawning

I dont have a male in the tank so the eggs are def not fertilized. Should I remove the eggs from the tank?

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timwag2001

· #5 · Sep 21, 2010

i dont really know how this species cares for eggs but some species will eat unfertilized eggs. maybe she'll clean house for you

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lotuseater

· #6 · Sep 21, 2010

By chance, do you have nerite snails? Tough to tell size in images...

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RayT

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 21, 2010

lotuseater - i dont have any nerite snails in my tank that i know of. Those eggs look very flat - the eggs in my tank are puffy like little cotton balls. Thanks to all for their input!

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