Jelly transparent Eggs on my Zoa

Freestyler · Apr 16, 2017

Hi All,
After the expert advice and identification of the Nudibranch from my last post I dipped my Zoa in some distilled water for about 2 mins and sure enough about 5 Nudi's varying in size dropped off. I was then attempting to inspect each polyp for a circle of Nudi eggs but its nearly impossible as they are so tight together. I decided to have a better look today under better lighting and was surprised to find approx 100 or more round transparent blobs all over the rock and not actually on the polyps. I am hoping these are not slug eggs but actually from the Zoa please advise and any action needed.

If more pics are required I am happy to snap away?

Jason mack · Apr 16, 2017

Could be Bubble algae , are they greenish in colour ?

Lionfish Lair · Apr 16, 2017

I can't see them very well, but they're not nudibranch eggs.

Freestyler · Apr 16, 2017

Jason mack said:
Could be Bubble algae , are they greenish in colour ?

No transparent with a nucleus, they look like some sort of egg? I will try and get a better photo.

Freestyler · Apr 16, 2017

Freestyler said:
No transparent with a nucleus, they look like some sort of egg? I will try and get a better photo.

Not as easy as I thought as my Clown fish keep biting me and making me jump every time I put my arm in:mad: lol.

Freestyler · Apr 16, 2017

Lionfish Lair said:
I can't see them very well, but they're not nudibranch eggs.

Ok I have manned up and took a few nips from the clowns. I never thought they would be so aggressive and very fast.

This is my only Zoa colony and has been in the tank for about 5 weeks, its the same one I dipped in RODI last night to rid it of the Nudibranches. I only have a pair of Clowns, a Royal Grammar and a White stripe cleaner shrimp. Saying that, the shrimp is fairly new about 2 weeks in but I had thought it had died last week, but it had shed its whole exoskeleton which I found wedged behind the Zoa rock and the main piece.

Lionfish Lair · Apr 16, 2017

Can you scrape off one of them and look at in in a little dish with some water? Do you see any white dots within?

Freestyler · Apr 17, 2017

They have 1 single dot inside the size of a pin head, unlike the ones in your Hitchhikers guide with multiple eggs in the jelly.

Freestyler · Apr 17, 2017

Lionfish Lair said:
Can you scrape off one of them and look at in in a little dish with some water? Do you see any white dots within?

I have had a look and see 1 tiny dot unlike the ones with multiple eggs in the jelly shown in your Hitchhikers guide.

Lionfish Lair · Apr 17, 2017

Well.... they're not nudi eggs and I don't know of a snail that lays single eggs like that. Could it be dying bubble algae, like @Jason mack suggested? Zoas don't ever turn clear like and die off, do they? I see the little cleft/dot you're talking about.... I just don't know...... Hmmm.....