Turquoise cluster, appears to be very small eggs? Or contaminant??

[JasperDog]

Hello All,

I just noticed this strange "cluster" of what appear to be tiny eggs in my refugium. I can't find anything about this online, so maybe it is a contaminant that somehow dropped into the open top refugium, but it is below some rocks so that seems unlikely.

Thoughts? Let me know if a video or more pics help.

 

[A Young Reefer]

Hello All,

I just noticed this strange "cluster" of what appear to be tiny eggs in my refugium. I can't find anything about this online, so maybe it is a contaminant that somehow dropped into the open top refugium, but it is below some rocks so that seems unlikely.

Thoughts? Let me know if a video or more pics help.

it looks like fleece that somehow made its way there

 

[JasperDog]

it looks like fleece that somehow made its way there

Fleece? The material? No it wasn't fleece. I picked it up and it was slimy little balls and it completely disappeared overnight.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'm not aware of any species that would lay eggs that look like this, so possibly a sponge? I know there are a few different sponge species that can have this coloration.