Japanese Killifish (Medaka) Eggs

Or maybe it should be preceded by the new that one of my Japanese killifish, or medaka, has died...she (for it was her who was laying the most eggs) perished sometime yesterday night. So I guess she won't she what becomes of her eggs.

Now onto the killifish eggs. Two of the three medaka purchased last week began laying eggs, or more precisely they had eggs visible at their anal fin area. After observing them snagging clusters of eggs against the aquarium plants and then in the morning being unable to find the medaka eggs I assumed they were eating them overnight. So I set a few of the killifish eggs aside in a container with some of the tank water. It's now one week after the first killifish eggs were removed and aside from the eggs gaining a kind of white fuzz around them there aren't any other signs of life. Which brings me onto the killifish eggs that I assumed they were eating...

...yesterday I found some white fuzzy clumps on the bed of the aquarium..fearing it could be some sort of fungal bloom I decided to try and remove them. Upon inspection they appear to actually be clumps of killifish eggs! So it seems that the medaka eggs that I had seen snagged on the plants had later become free and settled on the floor of the aquarium. So I decided to return the killifish eggs to the aquarium floor and let nature take it's course.

All very exciting I know...well for me it is. I'll keep you posted if any of these white fuzzy killish eggs show any signs of becoming baby medaka, or Japanese killifish.