How to best collect eggs?

[ken]

From the looks of things, I have some newt eggs attached to some of the plants in my tank. They're not rolled up in the leafs, but deposited along the stems of a vine and in the roots of wisteria.

What is the best way to collect them without damaging them? I'm terribly excited about this

 

[paris]

most eggs laid singularly in the early stages are hard enough that you can pop them off -use like the back of the spoon or a dull knife, you can also just cut out the leaves they are laid on.

 

[joeri]

Or take the plant out if there are a reasonable amount on it. After the eggs hatched you can replace the plant.

What species are we talking about?

Good luck Ken

Joeri

 

[ken]

They're C.o eggs. Can't really take the plant out as it's a main feature of my tank and all the other plants have interwoven their roots and leaves with it. I'll give Paris' suggestion a shot and hopefully have some sweet little ones soon!

 

[ken]

It turns out they may or may not be C.o eggs. My adf's have been going at it like crazy for days and today I saw her shooting eggs out. The ADF eggs are brown/black though, and the ones I believe to be C.o eggs have a yellow/green tinge to them at the moment. I'm not sure if they're just more developed adf eggs or not...guess time will tell. Either way there's a lot of lovin goin on in my tank

 

[benjamin]

The eggs you describe do not seem to be C.o. eggs. C.o. eggs have a brown/blackish half and a white half.