Help ID these eggs please!

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Just found these on my return what kind of eggs are they? Any help would be awesome! My first thought was snail but I have no idea
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Ok I have.. I thought my clowns because they always hangout by this area, but the eggs are white. But snail wise I have Cerith, astraea, Mexican turbo, nassarius.. that’s all the known ones
 
Definitely not the clowns. Their newly laid eggs are orange. Nassarius vibex probably. Not my picture .....

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Definitely not the clowns. Their newly laid eggs are orange. Nassarius vibex probably. Not my picture .....

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That sure as heck looks like it doesn’t it!! Thank you! Now I wonder what the chance of these things surviving is?
 
If its Nassarius, very small chance - they usually don't make it to the benthic stage. Can't be Astarea because they are broadcast spawners. I also think the person you got that photo from mislabeled the snail, it looks more like a Strombus snail. Nassarius snail eggs tend to be smaller and in streaks/lines. I think if they are Strombus snail eggs, theres a high chance. They are known to reproduce readily in aquariums. They also could be nerite snail eggs, haven't personally heard of them growing out from eggs properly in aquaria. Strombus snails are sometimes hitchikers. If people could buy them, they would, but they aren't readily sold.
The species of snails I've had the best success with reproducing in aquaria are Trochus snails. Broadcast spawners normally take around a month+ before you start seeing them. I personally saw my snails spawn in my tank before.
 
I've also had Nass snails reproduce in my tank multiple times months ago, but I haven't seen any offsprings in my tank before.
 

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