SRC Member Dez Ching Posted April 10, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hi guys, can someone help me ID what eggs these belongs to? It looks fearful to me if they are some pests that are going to hatch in my tank, then I Habis! They are hiding within my green star polyps coral. And there is a slime attached to the eggs, stringing them together. Thank you in advance, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 10, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 10, 2015 What fish or invertebrates do you have in your tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted April 10, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 10, 2015 I have : - six line wrasse x1 - chromis x4 - fire fish x2 - sand goby x1 - cleaner shrimp x2 - spider crab x1 I'm suspecting it to be some eggs from pest, can anyone ID these eggs? Just laid yesterday only. Coz I just saw them after returning from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 10, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 10, 2015 I've tried Googling but can't seem to find a match. You could remove it into a small container and see what hatches out from it few weeks later. And you can let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted April 11, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 11, 2015 Yah thanks bro, and I hope I can remove them clean enough, coz quite a lot all stringing within the GSP x2. Colour of eggs some more is red, I might just missed some for sure... The only possible eggs I thought maybe is from the spider crab! My rocks are all started out as dead rocks, and my tank only started for 2 months. So I guess as such possibility. Hopefully is something good instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted April 11, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 11, 2015 Can anyone identify such red eggs source? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member DottyClown Posted April 11, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 11, 2015 Interesting. If u remove the eggs, either to throw or hatch if separate container, remember to rinse the GSP thoroughly with tank water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 17, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 17, 2015 Most crabs don't lay their eggs in a line. They tend to keep the eggs under their belly or clump them all together. So did u manage to remove it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted April 18, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hi Guys, thank you in advance for your replies and advises. Yah lor, I'm now fretting already. Coz by the time I so called removed the eggs few days later(as I thought they won't hatch so early anyway), the slime that string the eggs up has already disintegrated and the eggs become free flowing onto everywhere in my tank! *Crazy liao* You can imagine its like "Walah!", red tiny dots seen in every 5 cubic centimetres! So if you asked me if I managed to removed them all, the answer is... Hahaha, anyone's guess: no... The fishes and invertebrates don't eat them also... So, now I have to wait for the faithful day to come liao. I did kept a few of those eggs aside into a small capped container and float it in my sump. So I will know what these are, and share with anyone who might encounter in future. Provided if it hatches! But I hope they don't! *Really very contradicting hor* Hahahaha... Lets see when time comes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nemokit Posted April 23, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 23, 2015 If it hatched, survival rate may not be high as the hatchlings could become live food for the fishes and corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bulldozer Posted April 23, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sounds like ALIEN Part 3 to me .... Dunno why but the contents in this posting makes things Scary. LOL .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef garden Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 It could be snails. One of my aquariums used to have some pinkish eggs and the next thing I knew, I somehow had a snail population explosion not long after. Good luck. Quote Aquarium 3 - 250 liters with sump and refugium Jebao DC 6000 pump with speed controller Skimz skimmer AI Hydra 52 HD Hailea HS-66A (1/4 hp) chiller Maxspect Gyre TLF Phosban reactors with Phosban Tunze nano osmolator Marine Magic Triplet Dosing Aquarium 1 - 27 litres Atman HF-0600 HOB filter Maxspect Razor Nano 60W (10,000 K) AOL 60 litres chiller Tunze Nano Osmolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted May 28, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hi guys, an update of the scary eggs as the answer is revealed... it's nudibranch. I had quite a number of small size nudibranch these couple of days seen on my DT glass... and had removed as much as I can see to my QT. Will they cause any harm if I don't remove them? I also don't wish to kill any lives in particular due to me removing them... But can anyone advise me it's cause an effect? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member DottyClown Posted May 28, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Dez, sadly most nudibranch are not reef safe. A lot of them will eat corals. If you can get a good clear picture of the nudibranch, post it here and see if any expert can help identify the type. But if you do spot them munching on your coral, you should immediately remove all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dez Ching Posted May 29, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 29, 2015 Dez, sadly most nudibranch are not reef safe. A lot of them will eat corals. If you can get a good clear picture of the nudibranch, post it here and see if any expert can help identify the type. But if you do spot them munching on your coral, you should immediately remove all of them. Bro, Alamak! Jialart liao, if that is the case. How possible to clear all of them man. Everyday I see little little nudibranches on my DT glass now leh... And haven't say those majority I think would be on the life rocks and corals one... *OMG* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member DottyClown Posted May 29, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted May 29, 2015 Bro, don't panic yet. I'm no Nudi expert, so I may be wrong. From what I read, Nudis usually have specific diet and may only go for 1 type of food. Like only sponge, zoas, SPS, algae or others. So first of all is to find out what Nudis you have, while you continue to manually remove what you can. Once you establish what type they are, then take more widespread corrective actions, if needed. Hey, for all you know, maybe you have the Lettuce Nudi which are algae eaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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