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First time fish eggs in our aquarium

23 11:13:25

Question
Our community freshwater tank has fish eggs on the back aquarium glass wall.  We have read on line about this but can't seem to find out if we can move them to inside a nursery netting for protection without harming them in the move. Please inform.

Answer
I would not recommend you gather the eggs up at this point. Depending on what type of fish you have that spawned, they could just be in airfilled sacks which will more than likely burst upon contact with an instrument used to gather them and move them. I would try to wait and see what you can do when they finally hatch in the means of moving them to a new location. Although if you leave them in, the other bigger fish will probably eat them. If you are able, try to experiment with some of them, try to gather a few of them and see what happens. If you get damaged eggs due to the instrument you use to get them, stop and wait till they are hatched. What type of fish do you suspect had the eggs?