Jelly eggs all over and under my zoa's rock

[Freestyler]

A couple of months ago I tried to get an ID on these little transparent jelly eggs but to no success, however I did a an RO dip and a few Nudibranch fell off but the eggs didn't look like nudi's. I have noticed that the polyps have not opened for 2 days so I took it out to have a look and see hundreds of the jelly eggs and a new patch of minute eggs also. I have seen a few snails with the small flat shell at varoius times so I was wondering if they are stomatella or unfortunately Marginella?

The last pic is the mass of minute eggs. Any help would be appreciated. This was my first zoa colony I bought back in March so its taken a long time for the eggs to develop since I scrubbed the rock after dipping beginning of May.

 

[cloak]

Columbellid snails eggs perhaps?

 

[ChiCity]

I'm not sure if it's pest, could be though.
But this is why I don't place 2 of the same snails in my tank...
The eggs are unsightly, and the baby snails scratch the glass when you clean.
Stomatellas are okay though....

 

[Freestyler]

I just found this black snail maybe the mother of the eggs?

Sorry not a very clear photo but its definitely a a black snail.

 

[Freestyler]

Not my day while having a good inspection I have found this sponge round thing that's hollow inside it's stuck to the side of a Jasmine polyp

Any ideas what this is?
To top my day off I had to remove my little blue tipped orange starfish as he had 2 of his arms eaten off by my new Orange shoulder Tang [emoji22]

 

[Freestyler]

I'm not sure if it's pest, could be though.
But this is why I don't place 2 of the same snails in my tank...
The eggs are unsightly, and the baby snails scratch the glass when you clean.
Stomatellas are okay though....

The only snails I have ever added were 3 of the ones that dig under the sand and only appear when they get a whiff of food. Only ever seen one of them briefly when my orange spotted Goby dug it up. I can only assume the culprit of the eggs came with the zoa colony just don't know what to do with them keep or get rid. They must be affecting the colony as its been closed for a couple of days but the polyps I have took off and stuck to a frag plug are open and growing nicely.

 

[Ben Weaver]

You need @Lionfish Lair

 

[Freestyler]

You need @Lionfish Lair

I've looked on his hitchhiker page but need some advice on the eggs before they start hatching.

 

[Ben Weaver]

Have you checked for zoa spiders?

 

[Freestyler]

Have you checked for zoa spiders?

No not heard of them Gona have to Google that one!

 

[Rip Van Winkle]

Use a flashlight at night. If it's zoanthid eating nudis, you will see them on your zoa's.
Let us know what you find?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Not my day while having a good inspection I have found this sponge round thing that's hollow inside it's stuck to the side of a Jasmine polyp

Any ideas what this is?
To top my day off I had to remove my little blue tipped orange starfish as he had 2 of his arms eaten off by my new Orange shoulder Tang [emoji22]

Ball sponge

I just found this black snail maybe the mother of the eggs?

Sorry not a very clear photo but its definitely a a black snail.

Black stomatella. Not the egg layer.

A couple of months ago I tried to get an ID on these little transparent jelly eggs but to no success, however I did a an RO dip and a few Nudibranch fell off but the eggs didn't look like nudi's. I have noticed that the polyps have not opened for 2 days so I took it out to have a look and see hundreds of the jelly eggs and a new patch of minute eggs also. I have seen a few snails with the small flat shell at varoius times so I was wondering if they are stomatella or unfortunately Marginella?

The last pic is the mass of minute eggs. Any help would be appreciated. This was my first zoa colony I bought back in March so its taken a long time for the eggs to develop since I scrubbed the rock after dipping beginning of May.

And , oh my!
#reefsquad that is cool.

 

[ThunderGoose]

The sponge looking thing looks like a pineapple sponge to me. Harmless.

 

[prsnlty]

If some nudibranch fell off my guess would be that those are it's eggs. You need to scrape them off manually and dipp daily in coral-rx or Bayer being sure to inspect and rinse well.

 

[rosshamsandwich]

could it be somatella snail eggs or collonista eggs ???

 

[sfin52]

@KJ

 

[KJ]

Look like Columbellid snails eggs.

 

[rosshamsandwich]

thanks!