please help with snail egg ID

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I found dozens of these egg sacks on my glass the other day,and am having a hard time finding an ID online. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Here is what they look like under a microscope. they were alive and moving as of this pic.
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I’m very new to reefing, so my experience and knowledge is limited. But I would start with the obvious of looking into known inhabitants of your system. What do egg clusters of your snails look like? To me they don’t look like any of the common CUC snail eggs.
Look into flatworm eggs. They appear similar to a few images that pop up.
Scan the tank at night a few hours after lights out with a red flashlight to try and spot some nocturnal critters.
 
Found this in refugium. Clear slime covering my macro and a clear tube shape sack with two eggs or embryos? Not sure. Here is pic. Sack is in top left
 

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In case anyone was following this post I figured it out (finally! )
They are N. Vibrex snail eggs.
whew! that took awhile!
 

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