Are these snail eggs?

[tygger]

I've seen other types of snail eggs in my tank before, but never like this:

 

 

Does anyone know what this is? It's located about half way up the glass and looks like small clumps of sand attached to a stringy substance.

 

Thanks

[L8 2 RISE]

I may be wrong, but that kind of looks like the trails some types of snails or worms leave behind and it's probably now got sand attached to it. I don't think they're eggs though.

[tygger]

Yea, that's what it looks like to me also... just never seen it before and it's odd that the trail starts from the middle of the wall. If it is just a snail trail, man, that's one heavy duty slime. lol

[Origami]

Look like snail eggs to me. My old cerith snails sometimes used to leave a trail like that.

[tygger]

Thanks for pointing that out. I did a quick search on cerith egg pics and I think you're right.

 

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-h...snail-eggs.html

 

Though most of the patterns I saw from searching seem to be more symetrical like this:

 

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZcSL1IBcCpg/ST6T5QNc...s912/cerith.jpg

[zygote2k]

Don't disturb them. Maybe they'll hatch and you'll have a ton of free snails.

[Origami]

Thanks for pointing that out. I did a quick search on cerith egg pics and I think you're right.

 

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-h...snail-eggs.html

 

Though most of the patterns I saw from searching seem to be more symetrical like this:

 

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZcSL1IBcCpg/ST6T5QNc...s912/cerith.jpg

 

Yeah, but some are just rebellious or geometrically challenged, I suppose.

[trockafella]

I just got a new batch of cerith and the next day I had several trails like that on the glass. Dont know what it is, but I left it alone..