Spiral of eggs and baby snails

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Two for one here:

Question 1 is what are the eggs pictured below from? They are all over the place. I have searched for a few days now and cannot find an answer. It is about 3/16" or 5mm.

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I have introduced 2 Astraea (I believe, pictured below), ~18 Cerith snails and 6 dwarf blue leg hermits. However, I added some Chaeto that seems to have introduced everything in the Ocean. Bryopsis, a type of soft tubed feather dusters, hydroids and who knows what will be next on the list.

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Question 2 (See picture below) is what are these? Baby Astraea or some other snail that hitched a ride in? You can't see it in the picture but they do have a rounding shell on their backs. I know some lifeforms look different between juvenile and adult but this little dudes look nothing like Astraea and have a different shell than Ceriths. These are about 1/8" or 3mm.

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To answer question 2: they look like cerith snails. The last pic looks like a spider too
 

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