3 stripe damsel eggs

[Pwny]

so i think my 3 stripe damsels laid eggs on the side of my tank. do these have a chance to hatch or will they get killed b4 that.

 

[Bifferwine]

I think those are snail eggs. Do you have snails in your tank? Can you get a close up pic of them? Are you sure they're not flatworms?

 

[Pwny]

there only in one spot so i dont think its flatworm and a damsel seams to be garding faning them thats only reasion why i thought that. but ya i have 3 diffrent types of snails, cant get a better pic atm thats with my phone and my camera is broken atm.

 

[Pwny]

i cant get a close up pic but the smaller one without a white spot on its nose will dart in lay a few and then the bigger one watchs them.

 

[Bifferwine]

Do they look like these? Not necessarily the colors, but the shapes/features?

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WormPIX/FlatwormPIX/Flatworm_city.jpg
http://www.seaslugforum.net/images/m5836conva.jpg
http://www.masa.asn.au/masawiki/images/f/f2/Aceol_flatworms_2.jpg
http://www.thereeftank.com/gallery/files/1/9/5/195flatworms11.jpg
http://tom-wallace.com/images/reef/112007/flatworms2.jpg

 

[Pwny]

no the look more like small white balls slaped on the side of the tank with sticky glue, the damsels still look like there laying more the smaller one will dart in lay a string then the biger one will chase it off. i know with cichlids you can tell sex by the shape of there organ but the smaller one seams to have a black spike sticking out. ill try n get a pic.

 

[Bifferwine]

Interesting. I've never heard of damsels breeding in captivity. You may be the first! :lol:

 

[Pwny]

sorry for the bad pic's again im having to use my phone but here is the best pic of them laying, you can see the small one with the black spike.

 

[dcantucson]

Wow how cool. Can you remove the other fish to another tank?

 

[bjohanson1234]

Just found this

Breeding Marine (Saltwater) Fish

Apparently, damnsel fish spawn similarly to clown fish. The male finds and cleans a spot then the female lays the eggs and the male fertilizes them. What you are describing very much sounds like what is described in this link.

 

[Pwny]

naw i cant this is my only sw tank dcan, just thought it was neat and if anyone had any tips to try and keep em alive. ill check it out bj

 

[Pwny]

lol they lay eggs every week or so same ritual and smae spot evey time i havent seen a swam af baby fish tho

 

[Sharkie]

more than likely the eggs are getting eaten by the other fish. you could try to setup a fry tank and maybe see if the fish will lay eggs on something else that you could move into a fry tank.