what the heck are these white circles?

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  1. brunoboarder244

    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    what the heck are these white circles/ovals that have formed on my rock almost over night?

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    dowtish Horrid Stonefish

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    hard to tell exactly from that pic, but I would guess tube worms
     
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    2in10 Super Moderator

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    The culprit is most likely at the top of your pic, nerite snail eggs. They will most likely not hatch as they need brackish conditions for that.
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    Definitely not tub worms they are round smooth disks and @2in10 I have a semi brackish tank what would the salinity need to be for them to hatch, I could also use a Tupperware and spare hob filter to run it, you can never have enough CuC lol
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    bump, some more reassuring opinions to the nerite snail eggs or other ideas on what they may be
     
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    heidimi Fire Shrimp

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    Picture is hard to tell. Sponge maybe?
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    definitely not sponge hard white disks and not porous
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    im positive this is them, i googled nerite snail eggs and this is what came up

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    You could probably drop down to 1.003 SG. Try searching for how to hatch nerite snail eggs. Never checked it out myself.
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    Will do