WTH Is this Thin White Squiggly Line...

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  1. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Ok
    I came home and there is this thin white squiggly line or lines on my tank. Looks like silicone almost. Would have a pic but I hit it with my magnet scrubber by
    accident
    . Now its swirling around the tank. WTH is it
     
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  3. IHAVEMTS

    IHAVEMTS Fire Shrimp

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    Do you have nassarius snails?
     
  4. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    like 2 of them.
     
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    IHAVEMTS Fire Shrimp

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    Does it look like there are rocks or sand attached to the white squiggly thing?
     
  6. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Found another spot. This is under my protien skimmer sorry for the crappy pic..
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  7. divott

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  9. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    If they are snail eggs wth should i do? is that going to bomb my tank?
     
  10. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    might get baby snails outta the deal. might as well leave free cleaners. also no guarantee that you will get nothin more than free fish foodf. nothin wrong with either scenario
     
  11. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    only if they went snail pyrotechnic college lol

    leave them alone and see what happens. if your lucky they will be easy to raise and you can trade them in at the lfs for credit.
     
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  12. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    if they did go there, would it be a loooooong, slooooow burn? lol.
     
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