Can anyone ID this??

[Powerdrum]

I just seen this bubble thing floating around I’m just wondering what is it looks like some type of sac????

Thx!!!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Any chance you can net it and put it in a container to get some better pictures? My first thought is some sort of stomatella egg. But it's hard to scale how big it is in this picture, and I've never seen them free floating before, only attached to things.

 

[Powerdrum]

Any chance you can net it and put it in a container to get some better pictures? My first thought is some sort of stomatella egg. But it's hard to scale how big it is in this picture, and I've never seen them free floating before, only attached to things.

Ok heres another hopefully this helps

 

[Powerdrum]

Ok heres another hopefully this helps

It’s probably about a quarter inch long say half inch diameter

 

[Crabs McJones]

HMMMM that's a good one. do you have a 6 line wrasse by chance? #reefsquad

 

[DSC reef]

I agree, possibly eggs. Doesn't look like biomass. What type of snails are in your tank?

 

[jsker]

That is a new one on me

 

[DSC reef]

That is a new one on me

Me too, love learning new things.

 

[jsker]

Me too, love learning new things.

Agree. I was going with a nebula Hopefully someone else chimes in and we had get answer for the OP.

 

[Powerdrum]

Yes I have a six line wrasse!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Yes I have a six line wrasse!

It's possible, that is your 6 line wrasse's sleep sack. It's sort of like a mucus caccoon. At night when sleeping, they encase themselves in a sack, and its possible some of it floated out after he woke up And as it floated around it picked up debris.

 

[Powerdrum]

It's possible, that is your 6 line wrasse's sleep sack. It's sort of like a mucus caccoon. At night when sleeping, they encase themselves in a sack, and its possible some of it floated out after he woke up And as it floated around it picked up debris.

Wow really I didn’t know that about a six line wrasse!!

 

[Fish4udog]

My cleaner wrasse does the same thing if you know where he sleeps you can see it around its head

 

[Maritimer]

Most of the labrids (more than just wrasses!) that don't sleep in the sand create these mucous cocoons. They prevent the smell of the wrasse from drifting out to passing predators, and also may prevent parasites such as ich or velvet from accessing the wrasse easily.

~Bruce

 

[4FordFamily]

X2. I’m stumped, but this is a possibility!

Was this found in am or early afternoon?

Most of the labrids (more than just wrasses!) that don't sleep in the sand create these mucous cocoons. They prevent the smell of the wrasse from drifting out to passing predators, and also may prevent parasites such as ich or velvet from accessing the wrasse easily.

~Bruce