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eifert
05/01/2003, 06:30 PM
they're all over my rocks, snails and crab shells. What are they? (I'm sure it's not from my new Frogspawn :)

Any ideas? They just flick right off when I scrape....

Reef and Fin said it could be the start of tube worms???

I'm thinking snail eggs....

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How is everyone, BTW? I haven't been on the site for a while.

minh_han
05/01/2003, 09:46 PM
No pics, huh? Maybe we'll just have to come visit your tank and see for ourselves. :)

eifert
05/01/2003, 11:23 PM
I haven't mastered taking shots of the tank. Sorry. I have to figure out how to take macro photos.

Anyway, no. They're all about the same size. Maybe I should just let them grow and find out what they become? They don't seem to be on the LR or coral, but just on the glass, hermit crab and snail shells.

adbomb
05/01/2003, 11:43 PM
im thinking there small tube worms i had an out break of tiny tubeworms in my tank not to long ago they started appearing in the darker spots in my tank

jdmarano
05/02/2003, 06:46 AM
I get them all the time, but just on my backwall and sometimed on my powerheads. I've never had a problem with them and never have tried to research them, but someone once told me they were beeficial.

All the snail eggs I've ever had in my tank looked like a figure 8 weave and were more of a true white than the dots. Usually they become a food source for the crabs, etc.

Bruce
05/02/2003, 08:49 AM
Sounds like spirorbis tube worms. They'll come and go in big numbers.
Bruce

seaham358
05/02/2003, 08:56 AM
Have been there for months with no change.

jdmarano
05/02/2003, 10:09 AM
What I have is that size, but a bit more of a bump (raised) than just a flat dot, and not on the rock.

eifert
05/02/2003, 11:45 AM
Yeah, seaham.... they do look like those. What the heck are they?

seaham358
05/02/2003, 05:26 PM
Mine are on the rock and glass. They have a small raise also they just look flat in the pic. have no idea what they are. They have not hatched into anything yet, its been 6 months so I dought they will either.

adbomb
05/03/2003, 02:37 AM
well are they solid dots or more like spirals ? mine are more like spirals & look like tiny tube worms