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I have eggs - Icky!

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anne-marie

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Eggs everywhere - on the filters, on the rocks, in the hidey holes. Whenever my two decide to start a family its always pretty neat but the texture of these things is disgusting. Does anyone else agree with me, or am I heartless? Also, does anyone have a simple or quick way of removing the eggs from the surfaces? Yuck, yuck, yuck.
 
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kaysie

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lol, how can you be a salamander lover and be adverse to 'slimy' feel?

I think if you take something firm and sharp (I'm thinking credit card) and scrape it along the surface they're stuck to, they'd pop right off. However, I've never tried this (mine are still youngsters).

To avoid this for future reference, put in lots of plants, as they'll prefer to lay on plants than everywhere else.
 
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anne-marie

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Kaysie, I must admit that the "scrape" is my usual method - I was checking to see if there was anything less brutal - or more card friendly! Any other ideas out there?

Also, in regards to plants, I have read that plants are not too good as the currents which the 'lotls stir up tend to uproot them? As well, I have only big river rocks in my tank so I don't have anywhere for plants to root. I'm sure that this info is all in this forum somewhere but so is everything else - so easy to get lost reading it all!
 
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andre

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The simpliest way is to take a 4-5 mm Ø plastic tube and do a bit of sucking/spitting exercise with each egg ... in 10-15 minutes or so you should be over with it ;)
 
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jeffrey

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A turkey baster will suck the eggs off for you with no trouble. Which also saves accidentally sucking in a nice juicy slimey egg.
Hornwart works very well as a surface for egg laying as it is more robust than Elodea ( or has been in my tanks ). My Hornwart is fixed to small stones with rubber bands to facilitate easy removal too.
 
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anne-marie

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Just spent two hours getting the darn eggs off everything. Next time I'll definitely go with the plastic strip option, except I never know when to expect them to breed. How long can you leave the strips in the tank anyhow? Now I'm gonna take a shower - I feel like the Blob.
 
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leighton

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Turkey basters are great, but even with one we had to resort to scraping/scrubbing (with a plastic brush) to get eggs off tank surfaces.
 
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kaysie

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I assume you can leave the strips in indefinately. Any expert on this one?
 
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