Clownfish eggs?

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  1. twelvebeer

    twelvebeer Spaghetti Worm

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    I just noticed this on the glass today. I don't have any snails thanks to my trigger and my clowns have been actu g a little frisky with each other lately.

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  3. rsjakp

    rsjakp Bristle Worm

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    They look like snail eggs to me. Is there a stray snail or two?
     
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    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Despite what you think, you've still got some snails. :)

    Snail eggs.
     
  5. rsjakp

    rsjakp Bristle Worm

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    Beat you to it Evolved :)
     
  6. twelvebeer

    twelvebeer Spaghetti Worm

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    Haha! None that I can see and I sit in front of my tank with a magnifying glass everyday! I have recently given my trigger to a LFS so I could add some coral.
     
  7. rsjakp

    rsjakp Bristle Worm

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    well looking online shows Clown eggs as orange to red in color,,,,,,,those are snail eggs
     
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  9. IvIountainman

    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    Defininatly snail eggs.
     
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    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    Clownfish spawns have no pattern to how they are deposited, They fall and are sticky making a single layer mass on a rock or at the foot of a nem.The eggs can be milky white to orange and are cylinderical in shape standing on end.
     
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    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    The snails are most likely tonga nassarius snails. They hide in the sand. Add some flake food (a little more then you fish can consume quickly. You will see them coming up out of the sand and moving about quickly. They are a great member to your CUC and sandbed. They do not eat algae.
     
  12. twelvebeer

    twelvebeer Spaghetti Worm

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    I bought two of the burrowing snails but haven't seen them in at least a year!