Is this a clownfish egg collection?

lyrical · Dec 28, 2015

This appeared overnight and is about the size of a small egg. It's white and stringy and appeared where my clown fish hang out. I've never seen it this way before which is why I am asking. Before when they laid eggs I just saw very small brown dots everywhere... but this is totally different.

Any opinions would be appreciated

The clowns are a mated pair over 10 years old.

CastAway · Dec 28, 2015

Nope. Not clownfish eggs. Looks like a sponge of some sort.

Tim Gentry · Dec 28, 2015

definitely not. Mine are always orange.

RMS18 · Dec 28, 2015

Sponge, i have the same thing growing on Zoas. Going to kill it this weekend.

lyrical · Dec 28, 2015

I thought sponge as well but this was dry rock and it appeared overnight from nothing to this. I don't see how a sponge could move that fast or where it came from. I also don't know how it could be clown eggs as the ones they laid before were little dots. Very strange. Thanks for the replies all

RMS18 · Dec 28, 2015

lyrical said:
I thought sponge as well but this was dry rock and it appeared overnight from nothing to this. I don't see how a sponge could move that fast or where it came from. I also don't know how it could be clown eggs as the ones they laid before were little dots. Very strange. Thanks for the replies all

This is what I have and it appeared like your in 1 or 2 days.

Triggreef · Dec 28, 2015

Sponges can grow quick, can't see that in a couple days though. Definitely sponge though.

lyrical · Dec 29, 2015

Think it's a problem?

Alucard · Dec 29, 2015

Almost looks like blue ochtodes

Dtackett · Dec 29, 2015

lyrical said:
This appeared overnight and is about the size of a small egg. It's white and stringy and appeared where my clown fish hang out. I've never seen it this way before which is why I am asking. Before when they laid eggs I just saw very small brown dots everywhere... but this is totally different.

Any opinions would be appreciated The clowns are a mated pair over 10 years old.

Alucard said:
Almost looks like blue ochtodes

I agree. looks like a blue ochtodes macro.

lyrical · Dec 29, 2015

Sorta looks like that but is completely white and so far no where else in the tank. I haven't seen my tang pay it any attention yet but I will keep an eye out. Thanks!

Dtackett · Dec 29, 2015

once it gets some light it should pick up some color. even coralline is white when it first starts out.

lyrical · Dec 29, 2015

The location is under a ledge it's not getting any direct light.. pretty much just in shadows.. my pair of clownfish sleep there at night.. which is the only reason I had thought some type of egg sack.. but who knows if it starts to color up I'll take an updated photo. Where it's at I'm not sure how I could remove it safely there is no way for me to remove the rock.

Dtackett · Dec 29, 2015

you could always burn it out with h2o2. cut it as short as you can, suck up some h2o2 in a syringe then spray it directly at the base of the algae. best to turn off all flow in the tank when youre doing this. leave all flow off for a bout 5-10 minutes to allow the h202 to burn the algae then turn the flow back on. its best if you remove the rock but its not always an option. but its not really bad to have it either. if it is blue ochtodes itll help clean your water of excess nutrients.