What is this????

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Today I found this clear jelly-like thing resting on the sandbed in my aquarium. I scooped it out with a net and placed it on a paper towel to take some pics of it. It looks like it has a bunch of little tiny red dots inside of it. Any ideas what it is??

 

[dcantucson]

I don't know. :( but you can't be asked to post a better picture. :)

 

[bjohanson1234]

Looks almost like a bunch of eggs of some kind.

What kind of fish/inverts do you have? Is it possible that they might be spawning?

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

I don't know. but you can't be asked to post a better picture.

Thanks, Dcan! :mrgreen:

Looks almost like a bunch of eggs of some kind.

What kind of fish/inverts do you have? Is it possible that they might be spawning?

I thought they looked like eggs too. However, my livestock list includes:
Yellow Watchman Goby, Leopard Wrasse, Green Mandarin, a Cleaner Shrimp, and then just a bunch of crabs and snails. I guess it could be the crabs or snails?

I've got cerith, nassarius, mexican turbos, trochus, star turbos, nerites, and margarita snails. And, I have emerald, mexican red leg, scarlet, and blue legs crabs. I don't have any idea what their eggs look like though... :-?

 

[bjohanson1234]

snails tend to lay their eggs on flat surfaces in squiggly line paterns. Dont know what else it could be

 

[dcantucson]

Could it be a flying insect of some type that ended up landing in the tank? Doesn't look like snail eggs.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Flying insect? That sounds kinda farfetched...

 

[dcantucson]

Why yes, yes it does now that you say that. Obviously I was really reaching there. Sorry. ;)

 

[fastrd400]

Looks like some sort of egg sack to me as well.

Come-on Dave, flying insect? ROFLMAO, surprised you didn't say to put it on a cracker and see what it tasted like :mrgreen:

 

[Sharkie]

its def an egg sack, but from who i can't say.... at least not the crabs or the snails, both of those just shoot our their eggs/make squiggle lines on the glass :l

from what I remember about mandrins they sorta shoot out their eggs after being inpregnated and not in a goopy glob....

Gobies lay a clutch type egg on rocks in their caves, and each egg is sperate, not a glob...

add anything new recently? I have no idea what it would be....

 

[PRC]

You've obviously kidnapped somebody's babies..

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

You've obviously kidnapped somebody's babies..

Hmmm...I guess I am a kidknapper. Whoops.

add anything new recently? I have no idea what it would be....

Oh! I added a feather duster. That's it though besides the corals in my tank...
I also dosed with Marine SAT last week...

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Looks like some sort of egg sack to me as well.

Come-on Dave, flying insect? ROFLMAO, surprised you didn't say to put it on a cracker and see what it tasted like :mrgreen:

If I said it tasted the exact same as jellyfish, would that help? ;)

 

[fastrd400]

If I said it tasted the exact same as jellyfish, would that help? ;)

Ewwww

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Really? No one know's what this "egg sack" thing is?
But you all are the experts. My idols can't let me down... :bowdown:

 

[dcantucson]

Well I made a suggestion, but you didn't like mine. Seems you've stumped the Reefers!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Well I made a suggestion, but you didn't like mine. Seems you've stumped the Reefers!

Aww, Dcan. It's not that I didn't like your idea...I just would like to really hope that I don't have flying insects in my aquarium (or in my bedroom at all for that matter). :Cheers:

 

[Bifferwine]

I haven't chimed in yet because I am stumped too! Some sort of eggs is my guess. But what? I haven't a clue!