Burningbaal Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Saw this just before lights out tonight...? Inhabitants: sea hare, one cleaner shrimp, variety of snails/hermits,emerald crab, pair of clowns (one false, one true), yellow tang, 5 blue-green chromis sand-sifting star, a short-spined urchin, where's water human Toby with candy-cane pistol. Any thoughts? Clowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Tube worms? or feather dusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hard to tell but I would say snail eggs. I'm pretty sure they are eggs and nothing you have listed would lay eggs like that except snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Sea hare eggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I almost think its sponge. I have them grow in thread like forms. I doubt its eggs if they are getting covered in coraline. An individual egg would rot while a whole organism would likely survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?27151-OMG-MY-SEA-HARE-LAID-EGGS!!!!!&highlight= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I still think it is sponge. I just have never seen coraline grow on eggs. But if it is sea hare eggs watch out for them kicking the bucket. They are widely known for "death spawning" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Isn't the coraline under the white on the glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 A sponge that big generally doesn't show up one day to the next. I'm not seeing coraline on the eggs, I'm seeing eggs on coraline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The eggs are on top of the coraline on the inside of the glass. I would lean towards seahare or snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 GOTCHA! I blew the picture up and see that that is the glass with the coraline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Looks like it must be the sea hare. And yes, the coraline is under the eggs on the glass. my sea hare.is the ugly brown variety if that matters, got it from Garret about 6weeks ago and love the clean up he's done. Saw a suggestion that they usually die.after.laying.eggs, is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Mine died about 2 weeks after it laid. Unfortunately,he got sucked into a power head DOH! (laugh). We've had the blue spot variety lay eggs at the shop before and it lived for a while more until we sold it. It may not be a sure thing, but keep an eye out. They don't hurt anything when they die, they just rot like everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I guess seeing as they only live about a year means they are always dying haha. If you get a big sea hare, and have it a few months, that is pretty much it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Looks like white sponge to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Id say sea hair or snail. not clowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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