Eggs on coral?

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Hi,

I think those are some sort of eggs on this soft coral?
Any change anyone can identify what kind of eggs those are?
Should I remove them and how?

Thanks in advance.

20230306 eggs on coral.jpeg
 
I know you can see the eggs pretty clearly, but do you have any pics of them under white light?

I don’t know for sure what these are at the moment, but my first thought would be nudibranch eggs. I haven’t been able to find many good pics of flatworm eggs, though, so I can’t rule those out.
 
I know you can see the eggs pretty clearly, but do you have any pics of them under white light?

I don’t know for sure what these are at the moment, but my first thought would be nudibranch eggs. I haven’t been able to find many good pics of flatworm eggs, though, so I can’t rule those out.
Well, I think they are nudibranch.

I took the coral out for a iodine dip and caught two fat nudibranchs, pics below.
Also multiple places have these eggs :(
Any ideas or suggestions how to get rid of those?

20230307 nudibranch 1.jpeg
20230307 nudibranch 2.jpeg
20230307 nudibranch 3.jpeg
 
Dip the coral with revive to get all of them to release. Then discard them. Scrub eggs off where applicable
 
Like mtraylor suggested - dip to help get the adults and juveniles off, manual removal to get the eggs off.
 

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