eggs? anyone know of what?

[k log(omega)]

Found this on the bottom of a gulf live rock. Anyone know what it is? looks like a mostly transparent blob with little red dots in it.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Someone else recently had something like this - my current guess is a tunicate of some kind.

Does it expand/contract, move, or open/close? Any pics of it under water?

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Could it possibly be a shell? The outline looks like a slipper limpet. It also looks like it is still pretty small which would explain the translucency of the shell.

 

[k log(omega)]

Could it possibly be a shell? The outline looks like a slipper limpet. It also looks like it is still pretty small which would explain the translucency of the shell.

doesn’t seem like it, it doesn’t really love around and it’s completely on the rock. also the dots are different depths within it rather than the surface. i’ve seen limpets this small and they didn’t look like this

 

[k log(omega)]

Someone else recently had something like this - my current guess is a tunicate of some kind.

Does it expand/contract, move, or open/close? Any pics of it under water?

honestly hard to tell, it’s so small. i don’t think it’s moving at all. looks the same underwater, like it doesn’t grow or open or anything like an anemone or coral would. it honestly looks like an egg sac to me lol. i wanted to add this rock to the display today, but want to make sure this isn’t some undesirable pest. you think i should scrape it off, or leave it alone?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

you think i should scrape it off, or leave it alone?

If it’s like the critter in the link below, I’d personally leave it and see what it does - it’s most likely harmless, and almost certainly not an egg sac.

Orange Transparent Balls

These are transparent orange balls with a white flower on top. They also look like an anemone when open, white dots on tips. I used a scalpel and popped them off, removes as a ball. They’re popping up around the scolys hard sides. Photos don’t show the white flower top.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Is it soft and squishy or hard?

 

[k log(omega)]

Is it soft and squishy or hard?

it’s squishy. i think @ISpeakForTheSeas nailed it with that link. looks a lot like the pics posted there. i think i’ll leave it alone. it’s so tiny and on the bottom of a rock i’m planning on putting in the sand