Eggs

[Maho.B]

Hello. I woke up to find 5 different sets of what I presume are snail eggs that are sort of snake like in their pattern, and also one set of the traditional loop pattern which I believe are cerith snails? What are the non looping ones? I have cerith, nassarus, astrea and turbo snails. Also, do any of these eggs ever become snails without any special treatment? Thanks

 

[smitten with ocean life]

@tbrown ? youve had these before havent you?

 

[tbrown]

#1 isn't eggs I think. I'll try to find what they are (unless @ISpeakForTheSeas beats me to it).

#2 are Cerith eggs, correct.

 

[Maho.B]

#1 isn't eggs I think. I'll try to find what they are (unless @ISpeakForTheSeas beats me to it).

#2 are Cerith eggs, correct.

Interesting. The type in my first picture there are 5 different clusters of them around the tank...all showed up over night

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Any chance you have multiple species of Cerith in the tank? The first set looks like it may be "regular" Cerith eggs while the second looks like "Mexican Cerith" eggs - for pic comparisons/reference in order:
https://www.utahreefs.com/forum/what-is-this-white-stringy-stuff_topic41607.htmlhttps://www.reef2reef.com/threads/white-stringy-worm-on-glass.1077541/

 

[Maho.B]

Any chance you have multiple species of Cerith in the tank? The first set looks like it may be "regular" Cerith eggs while the second looks like "Mexican Cerith" eggs - for pic comparisons/reference in order:
https://www.utahreefs.com/forum/what-is-this-white-stringy-stuff_topic41607.htmlhttps://www.reef2reef.com/threads/white-stringy-worm-on-glass.1077541/

You nailed it. Last night I saw one of the Cerith snails laying more eggs in the non pattern way, two different Cerith species for sure. Thanks.