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07-07-2005, 07:26 PM
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Getting the 120 up again!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rochester, Minnesota
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ID these?? eggs maybe?
Tank contents are foxface lo, lawnmower blenny, manarin, clarkii clown, anemone, sally lightfoot crab, 40+ nassarius snails, 1 bumble bee snail, 5 astraea snails, 3 abalone snails, few hermits. I counted 9 of those small asterina stars yesterday- They would split though- not lay eggs. These have been on the glass for about a week now and the fish don't eat them as I can see. Anyone have a guess??
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07-07-2005, 07:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Minnetonka, MN
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Do they move around?
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07-07-2005, 08:20 PM
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Getting the 120 up again!
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not that I can tell, almost certain it's eggs of some kind.
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07-07-2005, 08:31 PM
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Getting the 120 up again!
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here's a zoomed shot
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07-07-2005, 10:02 PM
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Reef Society Duluth/Mpls
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Duluth,Mn
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I VOTE SNAIL EGGS!!  |
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07-07-2005, 10:10 PM
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Getting the 120 up again!
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Snails are 5 astaea, 40 nassarius, 1 bumble bee, and 3 abalone-- any reproduce somewhat easily in capivity??
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07-07-2005, 10:20 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Watch and see!
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07-07-2005, 11:00 PM
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Thaumoctopus mimicus
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Rochester MN
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Those are nassarius eggs, I think. I used to get them, too, but I think my nassarius have died out. They also might be nerite eggs, but you don't have those. Cerith eggs are obvious long braids of egg sacks. Astreas spray their genetic material in the water and it ends up on the bottom. I don't know what abalone eggs look like.
My ceriths produced hundreds of offspring in the tank (little 1-3 mm snails). I've never seen a baby nassarius in the tank, so I think they were far less successful at surviving the planktonic stage.
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