Robert Smith Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi All, I have been doing some housekeeping in my tank (pulling plants) and noticed some very round stones that float! I've never seen them before, I assume they were buried in the roots of a plant. They are about 3 to 5mm in diameter, pale brown/tan (kind of stone coloured). they don't quite float, but strong currents move them around easily. They're tough, I have to exert quite a bit of pressure to crush them. I have tetra's and had guppies until the pretty but useless buggers kept dying. I've also recently picked up an infestation of Ramshorn snails from some new plants. Any ideas what they could be? I assume they are nothing to do with my (male) fish or ramshorn snails, and since no new beastie has suddenly appeared I assume they are either dead or very hibernated. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi Robert, You say u have been pulling out some plants in your tank, these tan coloured balls, may be fertiliser balls that were in the plant roots and now you have disturbed the plants these balls are now floating around, other than that I have know idea what these would be, and from what I can make out, your tank is full of male fishy's only, so no chance of them laying eggs, unless some of them have been sexed wrong and you do infact have some females, I wouldn't have thought that the eggs, if thats what they are, would need much force to be damaged/squished. Anywayz, maybe what and see what other ideas posters come up with. Good Luck Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 They may also be part of a plant root system. What sort of plants do you have? Lyndy's suggestion of fertiliser balls is a good one. Eggs wouldn't float, or be that big, or that colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Welcome Bob.. Could you please add your location to your profile as it helps avoid a lot of questions. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Do they look like this? http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-wee ... lings.html These are what Lyndyloo is talking about, Osmocote Prills/balls, which is a slow release fertiliser, I found some in some plants I got for my tank the other day as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Smith Posted March 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Zev and Linda have found the answer! Osmocote "prills" Thank God for that. I can now relax and not worry about some giant nasty beastie emerging and devouring my fish. Although he'd probably have a fight on his hands with my psycho black phantom tetra. I'd never thought it would be possible to describe a fish as "rabid", but this guy qualifies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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