Anyone know what these eggs are from?

[gjgordon]

I was cleaning the glass on my tank last week and noticed this huge mass of black eggs on my magnet...I have done a ton of research and can't seem to come up what they may be from. Don't have lots of livestock in my tank. The stocking list is:
Red and blue leg hermit
3 blue green chromis
2 nitrile (spp) snails
2 Mexican turbos
6 astrea (spp) snails
1 fire shrimp
1 common cleaner shrimp

Any thoughts?

 

[domination2580]

Interesting...you sure it's not bubble algae? I'm tired and may not have a good look....but it kind of looks like it...

 

[dnov99]

Looks like bubble algae to me too. Also that magnet looks like it's starting to rust and break apart. You may want to look into replacing it.

 

[gjgordon]

It is definitely not bubble algea. I have seen that before and this looks nothing like it to me. I will see if I can get a better picture. Funny, I was planning on replacing the magnet when I saw these in there. Thought I would leave it in for a week or two more to see what transpires....this is the only spot in the entire tank where I see these things. Thanks for the posts....keep em coming.

 

[dnov99]

It is definitely not bubble algea. I have seen that before and this looks nothing like it to me. I will see if I can get a better picture. Funny, I was planning on replacing the magnet when I saw these in there. Thought I would leave it in for a week or two more to see what transpires....this is the only spot in the entire tank where I see these things. Thanks for the posts....keep em coming.

Ok. A more clear picture will help. Did you try touching them? Are they soft to the touch? It's not something leaching out of the magnet it it?

 

[gjgordon]

Yup, soft to the touch, and there are a couple more strings of them on the magnet in areas where there is no rusting.

 

[jasonandsarah]

+1 to bubble algae... when it's fresh it's red and a lot softer. I'd get it out before it spreads to the rocks.

 

[gjgordon]

Gone!!!!!

 

[badbreath]

Gone!!!!!

Gone like hatched? Or gone like you took it out?

 

[gjgordon]

Took it out.....if it was bubble algea I didn't want to find out. I do however do not think that's what it was as it was not there one day and there the next.