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Old 01/07/2008, 08:37 PM
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Does anybody know what these eggs are?

I'm pretty sure there snail eggs but i keep hearing cerith and I am pretty sure that I have no cerith snails in the tank, so any guesses

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Old 01/07/2008, 08:46 PM
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They look pretty much just like the eggs my large nassarius snails lay
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Old 01/07/2008, 08:57 PM
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Ok,



Weird,

Those look like the same eggs that I just found on my glass cleaner. After about 36 hours a lot of the eggs are falling out of the gel/mucas that they were laid in. I thought they might be Stomatella but Capncapo said
"Stomatellas don't lay eggs.

They are broadcast spawners."

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Old 01/07/2008, 09:13 PM
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wow faz they do look a lot a like! I'll tell you whats even weirder, I have never seen eggs anything like this in MY tanks before (which I have had running a long time) and have added no new snails in the tank... So maybe some kind of mass breeding through out the world

Thanks nick I have a lot of nassurius snails but never any eggs before, certainly could be though
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Old 01/07/2008, 09:24 PM
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I too have a bunch of Nassurius sliming around and I saw a couple of them doing the nasty last week.

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Old 01/08/2008, 12:13 PM
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We are going to be a daddy * 500
I believe most if not all nassarius species have a planktonic life stage. If they hatch they'll likely be chopped up in your pumps or pulled out by your skimmer. My Nassarius lay aggs all the time but I have yet to see a little one.
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:20 AM
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Look like nassarius snail as mentioned. Mine laid eggs every week for about 4 months and then just stoped. Never did see any babbys though.
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