Samuel Raga Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Today I saw one of my guppy fry on the surface and it had like a ball coming out of her mouth, so I took her out of the tank and removed this ball looking thing and it looks like eggs but I dont know if it could be parasites?... Has anyone else seen this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 It snail eggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Raga Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 34 minutes ago, Colu said: It snail eggs How do you know? Ive never seen snail eggs like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) do you have a mystery snail? Not all snail eggs look alike. However I am not aware of any fish parasites that I would expect to lay a large clutch of visible eggs. Edited December 22, 2020 by Brandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Raga Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 22 hours ago, Brandy said: do you have a mystery snail? Not all snail eggs look alike. However I am not aware of any fish parasites that I would expect to lay a large clutch of visible eggs. No mysterys in the tank, just pest snails and I doubt what I showed in the pics are snail eggs, the fish had it in its mouth like it was trying to get it out instead of eating it. It looked like it was choking or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Huh. I do not know what they would be, but I would bet money the guppy tried to eat it and couldn't manage it. She might have been choking, but I honestly don't know of any kind of parasite that comes OUT of a fish mouth like that. I think I can at least reassure you it is not a parasite that originated in that fry--as far as I know fish lack the ability to actually regurgitate. It might have come in on a plant or something--It could still be a harmful species, I just don't think it was coming out of the guppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 My guppies are serious gluttons, and will try to eat anything in the tank that doesn't move. And a few things that do. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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