Cory Catfish Eggs?

My Cory catfish has been looking really fat lately and I thought she was just getting feed a lot because she’s in my discus tank but now I see these eggs and I’m thinking maybe they are hers. They are in a few different spots in my tank in small groups like these. I have 4 larger snails in the tank that I’m not sure the name of but at my fish store I was told they wouldn’t breed. I also have a smaller type of snail but these are way to large to be from them. I have 2 grey cories that I believe are male and female that I’ve had for over 2 years so they are fully grown. One of them is a little bit smaller then the other one. They haven’t breed yet. I’m hoping they are Cory eggs and I’ll get a few babies from them. I’m going to try and get them out of the tank soon just so they don’t get eaten. Thanks!

 

Hi Nick. Do you have Nerite snails by any chance?
Maybe Coradee can take a look

 

I’m going with your first thought Lucy, they look like nerite eggs to me

 

I’m going with your first thought Lucy, they look like nerite eggs to me

I don’t have any nerites in the tank that I know of. A small one could have stuck on to some plants or rocks that were in my other tanks though when I moved them over. How would i go about breeding my cories if I wanted to?

Hi Nick. Do you have Nerite snails by any chance?
Maybe Coradee can take a look

I don’t have any nerites that I know of. One could have been on some rocks or plants that I put into the tank a while back and I just haven’t noticed him.

 

What species of cory do you have? Some are easier to get spawning than others

 

Coradee I have 2 green cories, 1 albino cory, and 3 of a species I’m not sure of and then 1 of another species I’m not sure of. Maybe you could help id them for me. The 2 in the picture are different species.

 

The second pic definitely looks like Nerite eggs.....so weird!

 

I believe Cory eggs are clearish unless they’re not fertilized.

I find corys extremely easy to breed. Feed a lot for a few days then do a slightly colder (3 degrees) water change.

 

I have emerald cories that breed at the drop of a hat

1) too low on tank- the female wiggles and swims up and down tank to release eggs. I have never seen them that low in the past year+. The egg cluster is long & thin due to how eggs are released - maybe 4-6 inches in length, around 1 inch wide.
2) too few, you will see clusters of 50 or more eggs
3) You will see eggs at 3-4 different locations on tank glass
4) once deposited, the male swims & fertilizes them

my females are huge 3 inches long and nearly 25% more body weight than a male.