Fish eggs discovered against aquarium glass.

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  1. gdt78

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    Hi all,

    As I got home today I discovered these eggs against the glass.

    The only fish in this tank is Endlers (they don't lay eggs), lots of corries & ottosinclus.

    Should I save these eggs & put them in a seperate breeding tank or should I leave them alone as the other fish does not seem to be eating it yet ?



    Here are some photos:

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    I have never heard of otto reproduction in a hobby tank .. so cory?
     
  4. Sean J

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    Cool!! Most likely Corydoras eggs!! Congrats dude! That is quite cool. What kind of corries are they? Or what kinds do you have in the tank?

    The Endlers are quite a friendly bunch, and the Ottos wont touch them. I don't know about the corries though. They might eat the eggs. But I would leave them in there for now.

    Congrats dude!

    @f-fish - I have heard of Ottos breeding in tanks, but not like Corydoras.
     
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    gdt78

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    It is a 5foot planted tank.

    2x bronze corries
    1x peppered corrie
    10x panda's
    6x ottos
    ?x Endlers
     
  6. SalmonAfrica

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    I'm gonna be first to say - FANTASTIC PICTURES! :) Also, congrats on the spawn.
     
  7. Sean J

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    Might be Pandas or Bronze eggs, but there is an odd possibility that you have a mix. But still pretty cool. I would leave them in. But most people remove them to a separate vessel. Like those net breeding traps. Not a guppy breeder though. It gets no water circulation.
     
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    There is a guy here in SA who's oto's laid eggs quite a few times. Wonder what happened to him.
     
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    I concur!
     
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    Congrats keep us posted. all my cory eggs got chowed. No idea by who though
     
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    Congrats. Keep us posted please. My cory eggs got chowwed .
     
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    Double post. Stupid phone...
     
  13. Lloydster

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    shewww nice picks dude! hope you get babies!!
     
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    gdt78

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    Update:

    About two months later and again I saw these eggs on the front of the tank.

    This time I moved some of them to a nano which does not have fish and tonight I saw the 1st egg have succesfully hatched !

    I'll try for a photo tomorrow as this little baby corrydoras is even smaller than a baby Guppy.
     
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    What else is in your tank?
    You might be lucky enough to hatch them.
     
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    gdt78

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    Update:

    Here is some photos of the baby corries.

    I were able to count 4 succesfully hatched corries so far.

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    and a close up.

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    I'll try for some better quality photos next week and once they get bigger.

    IMG_4981.JPG

    IMG_4979.JPG
     
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    CUTE! grats dude, look forward to more pics!
     
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    Awesome! Well done!
     
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    Congratulations, well done on hatching them. Can't wait for more pics.
     
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    Congrats on the hatch. Are you feeding them anything special or are they surviving on their own?
     
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    awesome !!!!
     

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