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Unread 04/03/2015, 08:49 AM   #1
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Parasite, or just OK eggs?

I just got in some chaeto, and it included a few pieces of red caulerpa and a bonus...free floating zoa polyp. (looks somewhere between la laker and blue hornet)

Both the zoa and red algae have these egg looking things attached to the side of the stalk, and base of the zoa. I tried googling and the only picture that looks close is this:

Only the ones I have are much smaller, about 1\8 of an inch. I've thought about puncturing them, or trying to scrape them off, but the zoa is really small and tricky, and I'm curious as to what these are. They look transparent like in the picture, with 3 little "balls" in them.


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Unread 04/03/2015, 10:55 AM   #2
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I think I just found out they're snail eggs...



Looks just like these.


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