Koi eggs found in pond today.

[Skeeter@3]

Today I found a couple strands of white eggs that I know are from my koi . I did not want to leave them in the pond so I took them out and placed them in a large lotus planter. My question , will they hatch in that planter on their own ?

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Today I found a couple strands of white eggs that I know are from my koi . I did not want to leave them in the pond so I took them out and placed them in a large lotus planter. My question , will they hatch in that planter on their own ?

Koi eggs don't really come in "strands". They are just a crap-ton of individual eggs stuck all over the surfaces in the pond. Could they be from some frog or toad?

 

[j.w]

Koi eggs don't really come in "strands". They are just a crap-ton of individual eggs stuck all over the surfaces in the pond. Could they be from some frog or toad?

Exactly what I was thinking! Bet they are toad eggs!

 

[Skeeter@3]

Koi eggs don't really come in "strands". They are just a crap-ton of individual eggs stuck all over the surfaces in the pond. Could they be from some frog or toad?

Could be frog eggs . Definitely not toad eggs , I know what they are a slimy mess.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Where do you live? Different locations = different critters = different eggs. Got any pictures of them?

 

[Skeeter@3]

Where do you live? Different locations = different critters = different eggs. Got any pictures of them?

I live in Md. They look like a clear noodle with clear looking eggs every 1/4 to 1/2" apart. I have had small koi fry in the pond occasionally but never actually saw the eggs . I do have a green frog in there, maybe their eggs.

 

[mrsclem]

Hello fellow Marylander.
Per Google and own experience they are toad eggs. Caption is reversed. Toad on left, frog eggs on right.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

That actually sounds like American Toad eggs to me. Green frog eggs float on the surface in a sort of 'raft' of slimy stuff (that's the technical term. lol) Same with bullfrog eggs. Toads lay long chains of eggs in a clear string with dots (eggs) inside that are black and/or white-ish. You can see some in these pics:

That little dotted string running along the rock line in the above pic.

Here are some toad eggs in a rather 'oops' moment of spawning!

Fish eggs adhere to surfaces under water individually. They aren't contained in any sort of 'goo'.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Hello fellow Marylander.
Per Google and own experience they are toad eggs. Caption is reversed. Toad on left, frog eggs on right.

Those frog eggs look like Pickerel or Wood frog to me. Wood frogs definitely wouldn't be spawning this time of year. Pickerel is a possibility, but they usually spawn earlier in the Spring.

 

[j.w]

Guess we all wait and see "EXCITING"

 

[Skeeter@3]

Hello fellow Marylander.
Per Google and own experience they are toad eggs. Caption is reversed. Toad on left, frog eggs on right.

I will try to get a pic of them.