snail eggs?

[1guydude]

I did pretty good today....we went around to 3 LFSs and handed them flyers to hang up for SEAMAX....I only purchased some more LR and these were on one of the pieces. I wanna say they are snail eggs?!?!?!

 

[spanko]

Me thinks snail eggs, can't tell you what kind though. Snails will usually lay their eggs in the same patter that they feed in.

 

[1guydude]

hmm i just hope its not bad snails....eg like sundial zoo eaters lol. This is now in my zoo frag tank!

 

[bang guy]

My guess would be some type of Nudibranch.

 

[spanko]

Well then that could be detrimental to a new zoanthid frag rock now couldn't it?

 

[1guydude]

Great....(sarcasm). Thats wat i need bang guy....A whole lot of baby nudis. Should i take this rock out and scrape the crap off?

 

[nikesb]

scrape any eggs ALWAYS. i cannot stress enough, that one benefecial creature does not outweigh a pest.
its also my main reason for not using liverock.

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by nikeSB http:///forum/thread/385536/snail-eggs#post_3381482
scrape any eggs ALWAYS. i cannot stress enough, that one benefecial creature does not outweigh a pest.
its also my main reason for not using liverock.
So true...but even with dead rock as soon as you have a new coral on a piece of rock...well so much for all the caution.

You could put the questionable rock in some saltwater and a small pump and wait to see what lives in it before adding it to your main tank. I can't imagine scraping it would get all of whatever it is and any other method defeats the purpose of buying live rock. Just my .02

 

[1guydude]

+100
I agree i should have scraped them immediately...now i have to wait till i get home from work today. Hopefully i don't come home to a tank full of pests!
Any tool i should use, guess i could grab a toothbrush on the way home or something?!?!?!

 

[bang guy]

Are the eggs on a rock containing Zoas? Nudibranch (if that's what the eggs actually are) are typically very very specific about what they can eat. A Nudi that feeds on Blue Discodermia Sponges is not going to be able to successfully eat a Zoanthis for example. Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it unless the eggs came on a Zoa rock.

 

[1guydude]

No i specifically picked out the LR with no coral on it, even though one piece does have some reg zoos on it....anyways the two pieces i put in my 10gal have a little seaweed on em and these eggs, so hopefully they are just snail eggs! I need to know if im supposed to get the buggers off or not. I know nike says take em off and i agree that no animal is worth the pest pov....i did dip the pieces of LR before putting em into either tank!