Can anyone identify this?

mikerunkle · 05/11/2008, 07:46 PM

I've got a couple of jelly like balls o' stuff that appear in the reef tank every couple of weeks. Its about golf ball sized, essentially clear but with tiny white specks throughout. It starts as a fairly solid jelly like ball, but if ruptured or after a day or so, it breaks up into sticky streamers. Broke out my sons microscope to see what I could see and found a whole bunch of little swimmers in this thing. So, assuming its an egg sack, what lays eggs like this? I've got the usual crowd of crabs, snails, serpent stars, worms, etc in the tank. Guess I can't post a pic but imagine a round clear gummi bear with white specks inside...

Radioheadx14 · 05/11/2008, 07:48 PM

sorta sounds like snail eggs. Its probably too hard to tell with out pics

cloak · 05/12/2008, 02:44 PM

Something like this? I need an ID also.

05/11/2008, 07:46 PM	#1
mikerunkle Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 32	Can anyone identify this? I've got a couple of jelly like balls o' stuff that appear in the reef tank every couple of weeks. Its about golf ball sized, essentially clear but with tiny white specks throughout. It starts as a fairly solid jelly like ball, but if ruptured or after a day or so, it breaks up into sticky streamers. Broke out my sons microscope to see what I could see and found a whole bunch of little swimmers in this thing. So, assuming its an egg sack, what lays eggs like this? I've got the usual crowd of crabs, snails, serpent stars, worms, etc in the tank. Guess I can't post a pic but imagine a round clear gummi bear with white specks inside...

05/11/2008, 07:48 PM	#2
Radioheadx14 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,601	sorta sounds like snail eggs. Its probably too hard to tell with out pics

05/12/2008, 02:44 PM	#3
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Something like this? I need an ID also.