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



 
 
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Old August 17th 03, 06:43 PM
Chinadian
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Default Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming out!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old August 18th 03, 05:47 AM
The Madd Hatter
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Default Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming out!!!

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
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Old August 26th 03, 09:08 AM
Dr Engelbert Buxbaum
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Default Should I kill those eggs? What are them? Urgent Help: They are coming out!!!

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.
 




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