HowardJ's 12 Gallon Nano Diary

[howardj]

1.) Eggs of some sort. I forgot they were there and moved my hydrometer around and knocked ome off.. so I took them out and I'm pretty sure they're not going to be hatching. Thats good though, because I think they were my coral eating nudibranchs'. Haha
2.) Majano OR bubble tip anemone (not sure yet, mixed guesses)
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4.) Blue Leg Hermit Crab
5.) " " (5 minutes later, they must like that empty shell

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[howardj]

1.) A Rock! (hah, just kidding, its my Scarlet Leg Hermit Crab

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[clay12340]

Looking good so far. Those eggs look like Cerith eggs to me. They lay a lot of eggs, but they rarely hatch out and grow into new snails in home aquariums.
Skip out on the queen conch. They are great scavengers, but they are also quite large and arn't suitable for the small space a nano provides.

 

[howardj]

Thanks for the info.
I don't have any cerith snails though..

 

[clay12340]

I'd definitely think snail eggs. It may be that nassarius or astreas lay eggs in that pattern as well. I've never witnessed mine laying eggs and am unsure as to what their egg cases look like. Regardless of who put them there you'll likely end up with more.