Egg ID needed

[subtraho]

These eggs appeared recently and are something of an enigma - I don't know what laid them. The inhabitants of this tank are: Lots of Red Cherry Shrimp, 1 Amano Shrimp, and several Malaysian Trumpet Snails. The shrimp carry their eggs, and MTS are parthenogenic livebearers, so the usual suspects have essentially been ruled out.There are also a lot of small flatworms (likely planaria) in my substrate, but as I've never seen them on the plants I doubt somewhat that they'd lay eggs there. The plants have been in my tank since last August, and I haven't added any livestock or plants since then.

For reference: the plant in the picture is a Java Fern, it's about 3/4 of an inch wide. The pic was taken with my gf's über macro lens, so they're a lot smaller than they look here.

 

[Lupin]

Wow! Weird. I have never seen anything like this before. Definitely not the shrimps nor the snails.

 

[Bettacreek]

Hrmm, looks gross. I don't think it's planaria, I've had those little *******s before and have never had eggs like that (I think planaria are livebearers).

 

[AshK]

those look similar to the spores on the underside of java fern leaves. Here's a pic:

 

[subtraho]

those look similar to the spores on the underside of java fern leaves. Here's a pic:

I think we have a winner! Especially compared with the pic here: http://www.plantgeek.net/images/plantpics/windlov6.jpg

Thanks much! Now I can stop going crazy!

 

[Bettacreek]

Lol. I'm glad that's settled, but, it's still gross looking.

 

[BreellaBlue87]

actually, for reference guys, Planaria are asexual and use splitting to create new individuals.

 

[Arakkis]

dem's spores

 

[pik01]

actually, for reference guys, Planaria are asexual and use splitting to create new individuals.

So squishing them is the worst thing to do when trying to get rid of them? I gotta keep that in mind.

 

[wendamus]

Heck, feed the planaria to the fry, they're great to have around. Save the life of a BBS.