Egg ID Please

[chrisjj625]

Can anyone ID these eggs?

 

[Reefing102]

Possibly Nassarius Vibex snail eggs?

 

[chrisjj625]

any other guesses?

 

[kevgib67]

Do you have nerite snails in your tank?

 

[chrisjj625]

I do not. Cerith, astrea, and maybe one nass

 

[kevgib67]

Idk, none of those lay eggs like that. Perhaps you have a pest hitchhiker snail in there. I had a whelk hitchhike into my tank. Couldn’t figure out why my bumblebee snails were dying until I caught it red handed eating one of the bumblebee snails.

 

[chrisjj625]

Right that is my concern which is why I was trying to get an id on the eggs

 

[kevgib67]

@vetteguy53081

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can anyone ID these eggs?

Either strombus or Columbellid snail eggs

 

[chrisjj625]

Either strombus or Columbellid snail eggs

Could it be a strawberry conch? These are high up on the glass and I’ve never seen my conch leave the sand bed

 

[DaJMasta]

They also look like collonista snail eggs, and especially if they go from whitefish to tan in a few days, that could be a likely one. They're known to reproduce in aquariums and are fairly common beneficial hitchhikers.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Dove snail or false dove snail/whelk, do you have any snails similar to these? I have mexican turbo, cerith, nassuris, turban, I only find these eggs from dove snails/ false. Harmless algae eaters

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looking on larger screen, Not whelk which their eggs are spiral and shaped like a worm and nassarius is another possibility but im still leaning towards strombus or Columbellid snail eggs

 

[chrisjj625]

Dove snail or false dove snail/whelk, do you have any snails similar to these? I have mexican turbo, cerith, nassuris, turban, I only find these eggs from dove snails/ false. Harmless algae eaters

I don't think so

 

[chrisjj625]

Looking on larger screen, Not whelk which their eggs are spiral and shaped like a worm and nassarius is another possibility but im still leaning towards strombus or Columbellid snail eggs

Thank you! At least I have some ideas