Help ID these eggs(?) on new zoos I got

[mufflerguy]

Just got these with a bunch of other colonies today.
They are in quarantine & I noticed these, good or bad?
Thanks, Matt

 

[ct_vol]

EEEEK!!!!! Not positive on the ID, but any eggs on my zoos are no good IMO... I just figure that good parents like to place their young close to food for when they hatch... lol Good luck though...

 

[chrisstie]

Hopefully its just snail eggs.. a non zoo eating kind

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

i'd have to agree with CT_VOL ,momma's droppin her kids off at an all you can eat zoo buffet!:worried:

 

[mufflerguy]

Well, they definitely do not look like Nudi eggs( did a search), & I actually noticed something similar on a tray in my frag tank last week which were snail eggs I believe...
Hopefully they are from a snail. I gently scraped them off, & dipped again in lugols & another quick fresh water dip. No pests present in both dip sessions, before & after the scrape.

 

[Snowreefer]

is it just me or does looking at those give ya the willy's?

actually made me itch

 

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8890588#post8890588 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mufflerguy
Well, they definitely do not look like Nudi eggs( did a search), & I actually noticed something similar on a tray in my frag tank last week which were snail eggs I believe...
Hopefully they are from a snail. I gently scraped them off, & dipped again in lugols & another quick fresh water dip. No pests present in both dip sessions, before & after the scrape.

I did the search too... Couldn't turn up anything as far as Sundial snail eggs though... I wonder if anyone else can find some pics or has some they can share with us??? Anyways, its better to be safe than sorry... I wouldn't want to wait to see hundreds of sundials hatch, not be able to figure out why my zoos aren't openning because tiny snails are slowly consuming my zoos, only to find out after a while when they're large enough to ID that I've got a Sundial infestation...

 

[geoxman]

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral/something-spreading-candy-cane-38271.html

 

[RicksReefs]

they're not eggs of any kind, they're colonial tunicates. pretty harmless, except they can choke the zoas by rapid growth.

 

[cgarsmokr]

Ricksreefs: How do you safely get rid of them?

 

[RicksReefs]

If I get a batch, I pry them out gently with a dulled o-ring pick. also works well on cleaning out sponge, algae, etc..

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34328

 

[cgarsmokr]

Thanks.