I have no snails in my tropical aquarium only neon tetras and guppies. I keep seeing very small brown eggs floating on the water surface - are these eggs of the neons or some other parasite or insect?
2007-08-29 01:44:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Neon Tetras are definately egg layers not live bearers.
2007-08-29 04:23:24 · update #1
Neon's are NOT livebearers, they are egg layers, but what you are seeing isn't neon eggs. Neon eggs sink and don't float.
What they are exactly is really impossible to say, but the egg of an insect is quite possible. I would rule out it being a parasite and would even go as far as to say it's highly doubtful what you are seeing is any danger to your fish at all.
MM
2007-08-29 02:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. They're not neon eggs, because neons and guppies are livebearers, which means they give birth to live babies. Do a water test. Maybe when you bought your fish, a snail got in there by accident. Snails can mate with themselves, so you would be seeing lots of snails by now.
Hope this helps!
Good luck!
2007-08-29 02:30:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If your fish eat them they might be insect eggs so they can't be that bad, take a sample to your pet shop
2007-08-29 10:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by janorth1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are not neon's.They are live bearers and the babies usually hide in the thickest part of the tank(dark).All you will see are the eyes shining like little torches.Not sure about the guppies but thought they were live bearers too. Take sample to your local aquarian shop, he might know.
2007-08-29 02:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋