Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming out!!!

[Chinadian]

Here is my situation: I have a 10g tank. I am kind of cheap, so I
bring plants from ponds/lakes rather than from shops. I have 2 Adult
Platies (f and m). 2 Adult Zebra Danios (female and male). I have seen
snails coming out of nowhere. I think that is normal because I bring
plants fromm wild. But I also found worms on stones and under stones:
like ant long, but like 3 hair thin.. I could not catch them. They
come out once a while and my fishes don't eat them.

Here is the urgent story: Suddently I found so many so many eggs on
the inner glass on my tank. I breeded goldfrish before. They look like
eggs. But zebra's eggs should fall not hold on glass-- those eggs are
not fully and firmly attached to glass, but move along water movement.
Platies do not shoot eggs... They are hundreds of those eggs. Most are
White transparent, with some with red-brown thing inside. The
red-brown is moving!!!! They are coming out. But I don't want to see
if so many worms or snails coming out. If they are zebras, then they
are great. But I am really afraid, because 1 they are on glass.

Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming
out!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chinadian]

do you have pictures of snail eggs? what makes you think they are
snail's not fish's?

A on glass,
B red-brown color,
C half-attached, or
D no other possiblities

how do i kill or get rid of them? thank you!

(Frankrkay) wrote in message >...
> >(Chinadian) wrote;
>
> >Suddently I found so many so many eggs on
> >the inner glass on my tank.
>
> They are snail eggs.......Frank

[The Madd Hatter]

if your fish won't eat them, it can't be too good. Most fish love caviar.
snail eggs are usually a clear jelly like substance w/ little white dots in
it. you can't usually see them unless they're outside of water...
"Chinadian" > wrote in message
om...
> Here is my situation: I have a 10g tank. I am kind of cheap, so I
> bring plants from ponds/lakes rather than from shops. I have 2 Adult
> Platies (f and m). 2 Adult Zebra Danios (female and male). I have seen
> snails coming out of nowhere. I think that is normal because I bring
> plants fromm wild. But I also found worms on stones and under stones:
> like ant long, but like 3 hair thin.. I could not catch them. They
> come out once a while and my fishes don't eat them.
>
> Here is the urgent story: Suddently I found so many so many eggs on
> the inner glass on my tank. I breeded goldfrish before. They look like
> eggs. But zebra's eggs should fall not hold on glass-- those eggs are
> not fully and firmly attached to glass, but move along water movement.
> Platies do not shoot eggs... They are hundreds of those eggs. Most are
> White transparent, with some with red-brown thing inside. The
> red-brown is moving!!!! They are coming out. But I don't want to see
> if so many worms or snails coming out. If they are zebras, then they
> are great. But I am really afraid, because 1 they are on glass.
>
> Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming
> out!!!
>
> Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim Brown]

Chinadian > wrote in message
om...
> one reason i think they are NOT from snail is the eggs are scattered.
> they cover all over the glass (all 4 sides of the inner glass). no two
> eggs are together. they are mainly 1cm apart. what are those eggs? is
> it possible they are from the invasive plants? since most of my plants
> die quickly in my tank, i bring duckweed and the pine-like weed. both
> are classified as invasive weeds. i want them to "invade" my tank to
> live in it. do you think that plants can have scattered eggs/seeds
> holding on glass?
>

If you don't think they are snail eggs (I am inclined to agree as they are
placed singly) then you must consider other possibilities like baby snails,
water mites, scuds, or a whole host of aquatic creatures.
By not disinfecting the plants before they went in your aquarium, you now
can see the problems.
As for getting rid of them, if your fish won't eat them, it may be necessary
to strip and sterilize the tank and gravel, and avoid such potential
problems in the future.

Jim

[Dr Engelbert Buxbaum]

Chinadian wrote:

> But I also found worms on stones and under stones:
> like ant long, but like 3 hair thin.. I could not catch them. They
> come out once a while and my fishes don't eat them.

Have a close look at the worms (with a magnifying glass): Do they have a
triangular shaped head with "ears", and 2 eyes that look cross-eyed? If
so they are planaria, relatively harmless but bad-tasting, so fishes
don't eat them. Feed less and get some gravel-cleaning fishes to reduce
their food supply.

> Here is the urgent story: Suddently I found so many so many eggs on
> the inner glass on my tank. I breeded goldfrish before. They look like
> eggs. But zebra's eggs should fall not hold on glass-- those eggs are
> not fully and firmly attached to glass, but move along water movement.
> Platies do not shoot eggs... They are hundreds of those eggs. Most are
> White transparent, with some with red-brown thing inside. The
> red-brown is moving!!!! They are coming out. But I don't want to see
> if so many worms or snails coming out. If they are zebras, then they
> are great. But I am really afraid, because 1 they are on glass.

Again it is probably worthwhile to have a close look at the eggs and try
to identify what is moving inside. A stereo microscope is ideal, you
could approach a local microscopy society or biology teachers. In snail
eggs you actually se little snails (even with shell), similarly in fish
eggs there should be a little fish inside.