My cory catfish laid eggs!

[NilsBaees]

Hi everyone,
Do these eggs seem viable to you? I have a Peruvian green stripe laser cory and had a very sick peppered cory that I euthanized, and the morning after the euthanization, these eggs appeared. The first picture is the day they were found, and now they have turned white. I can't support baby fish in my small tank, and it would be best if my laser cory ate them or they weren't viable. Take a look at let me know what you think!

 

[fishorama]

I hate to be a downer but white eggs aren't fertile...tannish eggs are, too bad.

 

[fishcrazy2]

Unfertilized eggs turn white, now you know your laser is female (if you didn't already). Depending on the species the fertilized eggs turn tan to brown. You might want to take those eggs as unfertilized eggs tend to grow fungus. I believe, I could be wrong but Cory species can't cross.

 

[tanker]

Those do not look like fertilized eggs.


PS--Why is there a ring on the base of the plant??

 

[NilsBaees]

Thanks! I'm quite relieved that they're not fertile actually, because I can't support baby cories right now. The "ring" on the base of the plant is just a bendable zinc weight.

 

[NilsBaees]

BUMP:
Will any harm come to my cory if she eats her eggs that might have developed fungus? (I'm across the country in college, and my mother (the primary fish caretaker) just left on vacation.)

 

[tanker]

I do not think corys eat cory eggs (good or fungused).

 

[Somervell]

They will eat their own eggs, but I don't think any harm will come to the fish from doing so, fertilized eggs or not.

 

[missmeliss]

I'm pretty sure the cory or any other fish in the tank, will eat the eggs before they fungus.

 

[Fractalis]

nice goomba