Eggs in tank. Help Identify?

[robnyc]

Sorry I couldn't get a picture with my cheap camera, but the mass of eggs is a clear gelatenous mass about 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches and they wave in the current. Inside the clear mass are little white dots.

The contents of my tank are about 60lbs of live rock, Flame Scallop, Peppermint Shrimp,Orange Linckia Starfish,Nassarius Snail, Blue Hermits,Mexican Turbo Snails, a new flame hwak and new blue hippo tang.

Any idea? I appreciate your help. There are actually two spots with these eggs. Any ideas on how to care for them?

 

[deelucky]

i'd say snail.though with no pic its hard to tell.are the eggs on the glass?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

most likely snail eggs.

 

[robnyc]

Thanks. The eggs are not on the glass. They're actually attached to the live rock. Any idea how to care for them? They aren't like the spaghetti string. It's a circular mass. What are the odds on these things hatching? If they get close to hatching is it a good idea to put in a little breeder attachment or do you think they need waterlow?

 

[ReeferGoneMad]

It won't work that way. Your tank is matured taking out the eggs and placing them in different water will destroy whatever has allready developed. Just let them be. The skimming, corals, and filtration will most likely eliminate most of the babies. But some will survive to grow and become a new army against your algae.as babies could crawl into harder to reach places.

IMO you should really get a pic. Circular in shape sounds like nudis to me but usually don't waive in the water like you explained. Nudis egg patches are small and usually stay where they are laid. I'm positive they are snail eggs but a craPpy pic can't hurt.

 

[robnyc]

I'll try to get a pic by the weekend. thx all. the snails were rolling around a little. I wonder how often they do this since I only had snails for less than 2 weeks.

 

[PalmTree]

are you sure thier not bubbles? I made that mistake once!

 

[robnyc]

Hey crew,
My eggs got eaten. There is a curly Q anemone on the opposite side of the rock that housed the snail eggs. Also I tried adding a coral polyp a week or two ago and it disappeared over the weekend. The polyp was on the piece small rock from the store. Rock was left but no polyp. I put the live rock in about month or two ago. Should I try to rid the Live Rock anything besides Apstasia. The 55G is about five months old.

I have a copper band butterfly and a few peppermints to kill the Apstasia. If I wanted to go with a lot of coral do I need to get rid of all the hitchhiker anemones. I had a lot of hitchhikers on these rocks including clams, worms, etc. Thx.