Can someone Identify what this circle shaped things are

[epleeds]

If you look at the frag plug you will see 3 white circles in the first picture and then on the third picture you will see 6 of them. the pictures are about 5 days apart. I have no clue what they are. Does anyone know.

 

thanks

 

[Noobalicious]

I have had those on some rocks before.

 

I always assumed they were eggs of some sort. Since they never resulted in pests, I just ignored them.

[El Camaron]

coral eating aliens, what you have to do is put all your LE corals in my tank before they perish...

 

 

Psyke, i dont know either lol

[L8 2 RISE]

they look like the small limpets that I have all over my tank but it's hard to tell by the pic and they usually move around quite a bit.

[Charlie]

It's a new braile system to confuse blind reefers.

[zygote2k]

+1 on the egg theory or the braille theory. more than likely not a limpet unless they're in battle formation...

[Coral Hind]

Without getting better pictures I have to agree with the snail egg theory.

[jason the filter freak]

They're eggs but specifically that of the stomatella snail

 

this guy

 

points for me please?

 

Also fun little thing is that the white your seeing eventually become the shell for the snails when they "hatch"

Edited May 5, 2010 by jason the filter freak

[FearTheTerps]

What doesn't anyone know morse code anymore??? It says " Its time for a tank upgrade"

[reefhunter]

3 points for jason!

[Origami]

Jason, according to this (Critter of the Week: Stomatella Snails), stomatella are broadcast spawners.

[angel not fish]

My tank is having this white eggs too since last friday, and spreadding around on rocks and glass.

 

I do have stomatella, so jason can be right.

[Coral Hind]

Stomatellas spray a nice cloud out from them during the spawning events. It normally happens in my tank when the MH's are off and just before the actinics turn off.

[angel not fish]

Stomatellas spray a nice cloud out from them during the spawning events. It normally happens in my tank when the MH's are off and just before the actinics turn off.

 

 

Now I know, that cloud I saw was the stomatellas ...

[Origami]

So this begs the question, what are the white dots?

 

The egg capsules that I've had in my tank have always been clear with white eggs inside. This looks like an opaque white capsule.

 

About 2/3 of the way down this guy's blog is a close up of a similar capsule showing that it's likely snail eggs.

 

http://peterdesmidt.com/blog/

 

The question I have is, if they're snail eggs what species?

 

Here's something on RC:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16386143&postcount=1

[Jon Lazar]

From the way the egg masses are laid, I'll bet you a frag the adult is very close by...perhaps under a fold of the montipora, or underneath the frag plug. I would watch the area at night and see what you see.

 

The odds of two different egg deposits occurring in the same place from a wandering snail seem pretty low.

[epleeds]

I have seen them in different parts of my tank over the last month or so. this is the first time i was actually able to get a decent picture of them. Hopefully they will grow into snails...one less thing that i have to buy..

[lanman]

Is that your Mystic Sunset frag? I think you're ahead of me!!

 

bob

[epleeds]

i wish it was growing that fast. that is my undata...

[lanman]

i wish it was growing that fast. that is my undata...

Mine is almost ready to frag! ... well, almost - as in any year now!

 

bob

[angel not fish]

Can that be a plenaria ?

[jason the filter freak]

I've always swore they were stomatella but further research points to them possibly being narite snails.

[Jan]

+1 for narite. A WAMAS member gave me two of his narite snails and they have laid the same looking eggs all over the place.

I've always swore they were stomatella but further research points to them possibly being narite snails.

[Coral Hind]

Are you talking about nerites?

[angel not fish]

The problem is they moved.