ID ... Snail eggs?

[LisaD]

Cleaning my filters on the pony tank today... These are ALL up in the filter. Snail eggs of some type? Maybe... Or are they something I need to dump?

On the other hand it could just be horse poop. But it looks like gel egg sacs of some sort.

 

[Budman's Corals]

cleaning my filters on the pony tank today... These are all up in the filter. Snail eggs of some type? Maybe... Or are they something i need to dump?

On the other hand it could just be horse poop. But it looks like gel egg sacs of some sort.

pic?

 

[LisaD]

Lol oops... I do that every time... Sorry

 

[Budman's Corals]

Oh no ....not them...

 

[Budman's Corals]

I see them around in my sump,i think there somekinda sponge..but not 100% sure,

someone will chime in..

 

[LisaD]

Hmmmm. Well I saved some in a container just in case they are beneficial... Can discard if they aren't. Prolly just horse poop lol

 

[Budman's Corals]

Hmmmm. Well I saved some in a container just in case they are beneficial... Can discard if they aren't. Prolly just horse poop lol

I dont think its horse poop,nor snail egg, I have no horses or snails in the sump and they grow there were its dark..

 

[LisaD]

Ok ... Well they are probably ok... Maybe some sort of filter feeder. They will grow back no doubt

 

[Budman's Corals]

Ok ... Well they are probably ok... Maybe some sort of filter feeder. They will grow back no doubt

Right... filter feeder i would bet on...

 

[Starblenny]

Looks like pineapple sponges. Harmless filter feeders. I generally see a huge population boom of them when I have tons of detris around my tank.

 

[Budman's Corals]

Looks like pineapple sponges. Harmless filter feeders. I generally see a huge population boom of them when I have tons of detris around my tank.

i was thinking pineapple but wasnt quite sure, they live off high silica in the water,are you using RO/DI water?

 

[LisaD]

Yes... RO/DI for sure. I had let my filters go too long though ... Was pretty full of gunk. These are 2 HOB for the pony tank and had grown quite a lot of algae in them. Most likely were headed toward being nitrate factories. They both got an excellent scrub down.