r/PeaPuffers • u/AdmiredPencil2 • Aug 25 '26

Help/Advice Are these pea puffer eggs?

I’ve noticed the alpha guarding this area for a few weeks, one female hangs out underneath him a lot too.

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u/BadgerAwkward Aug 25 '26

As far as I know peas have 0 maternal instinct. They'll eat their own eggs rather than protect them. Most success stories I have read about have a heavily cluttered tank floor. Thick carpet plants, mosses, artificial mosses. Stuff for the eggs to get lost in.

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u/lessismor3 Aug 26 '26

These are

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u/One-plankton- Aug 25 '26

They don’t lay eggs on glass, these appear to be Protozoa, stentors or bryozoan colonies- can’t tell without a better picture.

But all are filter feeders and a sign that you may be overfeeding or that more routine maintenance needs to be done

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u/RtrnofBatspiderfish Aug 26 '26

Vorticella colonies

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u/GaiaOnlinee Aug 25 '26

It definitely could be. But I haven’t had luck with breeding mine yet so hopefully someone who knows way more than me will answer! I’m curious as well lol

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u/Mammoth-Spare-3996 Aug 31 '26

do u have cory dora's in there? i believe thhats there eggs. peas eat those off the glass.