Unknown growth on glass

[mikebusc]

Any idea what this could be? Popped up on my glass within a couple days.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Eggs of some sort

 

[DED65]

Snail eggs, looks like Cerith.

 

[mikebusc]

I do have cerith snails in my tank. What’s the recommendation with these? Should I isolate them like I would fish eggs to have them hatch? Or just let them be? Is this something I want hatching?

 

[DED65]

I would just leave them. They could hatch or become fish food !

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Any idea what this could be? Popped up on my glass within a couple days.

Eggs, but I do not think it is Cerith, they have a solid line that zig zags

 

[Vinaka_vakalevu]

Look like snail eggs maybe verity? They will likely become fish food, but my ceriths got smart this time and laid their eggs on my mag glass scrubber so when I clean the glass I can’t scrape them off.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Lol! I asked the same thing last night. Same eggs and all

 

[Gribbles]

Lol! I asked the same thing last night. Same eggs and all

Lol, me too!

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Lol, me too!

Must be the season!

 

[NanoNana]

I have these everywhere. Lol. It’s with nerite, cerith or nassaurius because those are the snails I have.

 

[DED65]

Weird stringy mucus like thread

Any idea what this is. It was on the inside glass. I scraped it off and removed it from the tank, but I'm really curious as to what it can be.

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[Cichlid Dad]

Weird stringy mucus like thread

Any idea what this is. It was on the inside glass. I scraped it off and removed it from the tank, but I'm really curious as to what it can be.

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks awesome find

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Eggs, but I do not think it is Cerith, they have a solid line that zig zags

Different species of Cerith snails:

Mexican Cerith Snail Eggs:

Caribbean Cerith Snail Eggs:

OP, I would expect these to hatch and promptly die - either being eaten, removed by filtration, starving, etc.

I'm only aware of one species of Cerith snail that has been purposefully reared in captivity before, but if you wanted to try raising them, you would need a simple, small tank to safely try rearing them in.

 

[legionofdoon]

Different species of Cerith snails:

OP, I would expect these to hatch and promptly die - either being eaten, removed by filtration, starving, etc.

I'm only aware of one species of Cerith snail that has been purposefully reared in captivity before, but if you wanted to try raising them, you would need a simple, small tank to safely try rearing them in.

I have Caribbean ceriths and they successfully breed in my tank just fine. Granted maybe one in a hundred makes it but that's the same as in nature. My turbos have spawned twice (broadcast spawned) and today I found a tiny one on my glass though it could be nerite not quite sure yet.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I have Caribbean ceriths and they successfully breed in my tank just fine. Granted maybe one in a hundred makes it but that's the same as in nature. My turbos have spawned twice (broadcast spawned) and today I found a tiny one on my glass though it could be nerite not quite sure yet.

Yeah, I've occasionally heard of survivors in people's tanks, but it's not common for pelagic larvae - it's common for benthic larvae though.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I have Caribbean ceriths and they successfully breed in my tank just fine. Granted maybe one in a hundred makes it but that's the same as in nature. My turbos have spawned twice (broadcast spawned) and today I found a tiny one on my glass though it could be nerite not quite sure yet.

I have ceriths that came in on live rock. Live rock only went into my sump. I now have them in my display and just last night found their eggs on my display tank glass.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I have Caribbean ceriths and they successfully breed in my tank just fine. Granted maybe one in a hundred makes it but that's the same as in nature. My turbos have spawned twice (broadcast spawned) and today I found a tiny one on my glass though it could be nerite not quite sure yet.

I have ceriths that came in on live rock. Live rock only went into my sump. I now have them in my display and just last night found their eggs on my display tank glass.

Now I'm really curious if the Caribbean Ceriths have benthic larvae; some snails in the hobby do, but it's not super common for snails generally.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Now I'm really curious if the Caribbean Ceriths have benthic larvae; some snails in the hobby do, but it's not super common for snails generally.

I am new to all of this and still trying to research. I will have to go back and try and figure out if there was another way they could have come into the display. I do know the first tiny Ceriths snail I found in the display, it was less than 1/4 of a grain of rice. I know I never perched any and later found 6 or seven in the sump full sized.

 

[legionofdoon]

I'm certain mine are breeding