white dots

any idea what these are? it seems like if i scrape them off theres even more the next day. they're kinda hard to get off too

edit: sorry the glass is dirty

 

If it is hard shelled then they are spirorbid snails.

 

they're flat though, and when i scrpae them off they leave a little white ring of where they used to be

 

That would have been my guess.

Check out:

Common Ids scroll to the forth set of pictures. Its a harmless good thing

 

They may be nerite snail eggs then.

 

hmm well then i hope its the snails you first mentioned....gosh if those all hatched that be alot of snails

 

Ohh i forgot to ask. How old is your tank?

I started to get these about 3-4 months after establishing my tank. Now i dont know if there is any correlation between seeing these things and established tank time, but thats when I think I first started noticing them. Bought a tenis ball size bit of chaeto and boom everywhere.

 

its 1 month 2 weeks old not exactly 3 months

edit: no chaeto in my tank

 

Nerites don't hatch in saltwater; they need the salinity to be lower.

 

I cant really remember the exact time. It was a guess, but I know it was early in the life of my tank. So im thinking its spirorbid