What the heck are these? Eggs, larvae or other? - Aquarium Advice

exodus · 06-05-2006, 07:02 PM

Came home today to find two piles of this stuff in my 10g tank, a few of them are floating on the top and wiggling around.

These sure as **** look like some kind of insect larve to me. Is it that, or has one of my fish laid eggs?

My stocking list is in my sig, but I dont think I've ever seen any eggs like this.

Any help would be wonderful.

tbonem91 · 06-05-2006, 07:14 PM

i have never seen anything like that... o.O

checkvalve · 06-05-2006, 07:17 PM

Strange, new to me.....like you said exodus, it does look like some form of larva. Interesting ?!

Lonewolfblue · 06-05-2006, 07:18 PM

Cool, lol. Not sure what they are. Are you going to keep them to see what they might develop into? Maybe place them into a QT...

exodus · 06-05-2006, 07:18 PM

They're in two neat piles, one under the flower pot, and another at the back of the tank.. maybe I'll scoop a few out and see if the fish in my 55 like them.

If it IS larva, then I wonder how in the **** they got in such nice piles..

Lonewolfblue · 06-05-2006, 07:21 PM

Just a thought, Pleco eggs?

Edit: No pleco in the tank, my bust, lol. Not pleco eggs. It's strange though. lol

exodus · 06-05-2006, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolfblue

Just a thought, Pleco eggs?

But no pleco.. There hasnt been one in this tank in months.

checkvalve · 06-05-2006, 07:22 PM

Is it possible that it was in the sand from the begining and receintly surfaced?

exodus · 06-05-2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by checkvalve

Is it possible that it was in the sand from the begining and receintly surfaced?

I used the other part of that sand bag in my 55, and I havn't seen any in it.. I also doubt there would be any of that in PFS. It seemed to be well sorted (all grains of a similar size, no bigger rocks, etc)

Whatever they are, I put some in my 55 and the tiger barbs sucked them down pretty quickly..

rich311k · 06-05-2006, 07:49 PM

They are not fish eggs. Kind of look like insect larvae to me as well.

06-05-2006, 07:18 PM	#4
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Cool, lol. Not sure what they are. Are you going to keep them to see what they might develop into? Maybe place them into a QT... __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

06-05-2006, 07:18 PM	#5
exodus Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redding, CT Posts: 291 Images: 1	They're in two neat piles, one under the flower pot, and another at the back of the tank.. maybe I'll scoop a few out and see if the fish in my 55 like them. If it IS larva, then I wonder how in the **** they got in such nice piles.. __________________ Tanks: 55g - Planted/PFS - Up and running as of 4/30/06, heavily planted running 2x 175 metal halide, dry dosing. lots of fish. Royal pleco!! 10g Freshwater - Fake plants/PFS - Breeding pair of convict cichlids purchased from the LFS I work at for $1.25 (best part is that I have a place to get rid of the fry!)

06-05-2006, 07:21 PM	#6
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Just a thought, Pleco eggs? Edit: No pleco in the tank, my bust, lol. Not pleco eggs. It's strange though. lol __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

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06-05-2006, 07:14 PM	#2
tbonem91 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA Posts: 569 Images: 21	i have never seen anything like that... o.O

06-05-2006, 07:17 PM	#3
checkvalve Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 65	Strange, new to me.....like you said exodus, it does look like some form of larva. Interesting ?!

06-05-2006, 07:22 PM	#8
checkvalve Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 65	Is it possible that it was in the sand from the begining and receintly surfaced?

06-05-2006, 07:49 PM	#10
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	They are not fish eggs. Kind of look like insect larvae to me as well.