Small brown balls in my aquarium?

[ashleyostboe]

Hello, I am new to saltwater tanks. So far, so good! I just had one question. The other day my husband looked in and saw all these little balls all over the bottom of our tank. They are in little piles. They're brown and perfectly round. We have a fire shrimp, 2 Chromis, a red scooter blenny, a sand sifter starfish, and a pink urchin. I have searched everywhere and every forum says it's algae balls, but it just doesn't look like algae. Are they eggs?? The closest thing I found was that they look like ghost shrimp eggs...but that's not possible! Please help!

 

[Reefing Madness]

Ah, possibly Bubble Algae? If in fact thats what it is, thats a bad thing
'Bubble' Alage: Selected Descriptions, Controls and Comments by Horge Cortes-Jorge, Jr. - Reefkeeping.com

 

[Tahoe61]

Sea urchin poop.

 

[ashleyostboe]

It doesn't look the the bubble algae. More likely the sea urchin poop. Thank you. We were concerned.

 

[NanaReefer]

Would be nice if you could get us a pic. Hate to make a wrong guess.

 

[matt.obrien.79827]

Could be shrimp eggs, they lay without a mate although they won't hatch

 

[Warrior Chef Chuck]

Sea urchin poop.

This stuff?

 

[reef lover]

This stuff?

Very old thread.

 

[Warrior Chef Chuck]

Sorry I just signed up for this. I noticed it in my tank and searched for what it was