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Hello all,

This morning I have noticed numerous white orbs/spheres in my aquarium? They’re scattered around the floor and also stuck to some plants.

I’ve attached a picture. I have 2 goldfish. What are they?

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they look like eggs

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Unfertilized eggs at that. :sick:

You have any Corydoras in your aquarium?
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No - just 2 goldfish. One is a very large Oranda and one is a medium sized fantail.

What can I do with them?
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They are probably goldfish eggs, they look like that as well.
Have the goldies eaten them yet? They will probably fungus as they are unfertilized.
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Martinspuddle wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:06 am Unfertilized eggs at that. :sick:

You have any Corydoras in your aquarium?
I've had a few of these in my Betta tank and there's bronze Cory in there as well as ramshorn snails. I thought they were snail eggs??
Could they be Cory eggs they were on the glass though. Also have them in my fry tank.
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Sounds to me they could be Goldfish eggs, Corydoras incidently will lay their anywhere, their not fussy. :]
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Thanks for you help guys.

Questions regarding the situation;

There are still some eggs within the tank. Should I remove all of them?

What caused the egg laying? Can a female lay eggs without a male present?

Why were the eggs unfertilised if there is a male and female within the tank.

I think I do have 1 male and 1 female but I’m beginning to question now.

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Ides of March wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:02 am
What caused the egg laying?
hi

i would just remove them, might as well do a water change/maintenance as well

you may have a male and felmale, the male may not be mature enough to fertilise at the moment


as what caused the egg laying, may have been a nice meal, bottle of wine, some music dancing and see where it leads :D :D :D
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Yes, remove them, especially if they start to fungus-up.
Females will lay eggs without a male present rather than become egg-bound.
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