Help me ID these eggs

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  1. Jay

    Jay Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Hello everyone:

    I have found a group of eggs that are on the glass under the return of my skimmer. They are pinhead size and are zig-zaged in lines on the glass. I cant get a pic but have made a drawing in paint to represent the way they are positioned on the glass. I have a very healthy tank with lots of life in it. I have snails, conches, nudibranches, dusters, probably 5 species of crabs, 3 kinds of star fish. What layed the eggs. They are translucent grey and uniform in the way they are layed on the glass.

    Heres a drawing of the egg group so you can see how they are arranged.

    Jay
     

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  3. fletch

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    I would say by the arrangement that they are Cerith snail eggs ;)..................... John
     
  4. Jay

    Jay Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Thanks Fletch. Does anyone have a pic of these? I will search the net for one.

    Jay
     
  5. fletch

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    Here ya go
     
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  6. Jay

    Jay Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    That looks very close but the eggs on my glass. The stripes are about 1/2 inch wide. Perhaps just a big snail or mabey another kind of snail?

    Thanks for the pic.

    Jay