Please Help ID

[oh207]

Please help to ID this. Looks like small round white dots on the glass of my tank. It is mostly on the back wall. Tank is 65g and have been running for 3 months. Sump with socks, SSA CS7 Skimmer, 60lbs of LR, 50lbs aragonite sand. No Corals. I've been doing 20% water change every 2 weeks. Plan to move to 20% monthly at 6 month mark.

LS: 2 Clowns, Flame angel, lawnmower blenny, purple firefish.

I suspect it may be snail eggs, but I'm not sure.
Here is a list of CUC I have in the tank.
50 Nassarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
10 XLG Cerith Snails
10 Turbo Snails
10 Astrea Snails
10 Nerite Snails
10 X-Large Mexican Turbo Snails

PH 8.4
Salinity 1.022
Ammonia 0 (API)
Nitrite 0 (API)
Nitrate 10 (API)
Phosphate .12 (Hanna)
Calcium 550 (Red Sea)

The only factors that seems out of order are my Nitrates, Phosphats, and Calcium which is VERY high. I top-off with RODI water. I never dose any supplements. I believe the high calcium is due to the fact that I switch from Instant Ocean to Reef Crystals for last water change. I recently bought the RedSea kit so I have no history of Calcium measurements. I also have a ALK & MG test kit but haven't tested those as yet. I figure my Alk may be out of wack with the Calcium being so high.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Rob&Gab]

some sort of snail egg we have the same things on ours.

 

[oh207]

some sort of snail egg we have the same things on ours.

I figured they were, but didn't see any snails around. I did a search on MR afterwards and saw similar posts. I'm hoping they are beneficial and won't cause a problem.

 

[scott021467]

I have the same problem and would really like to know what they are.

 

[KathyC]

Please help to ID this. Looks like small round white dots on the glass of my tank. It is mostly on the back wall. Tank is 65g and have been running for 3 months. Sump with socks, SSA CS7 Skimmer, 60lbs of LR, 50lbs aragonite sand. No Corals. I've been doing 20% water change every 2 weeks. Plan to move to 20% monthly at 6 month mark.

LS: 2 Clowns, Flame angel, lawnmower blenny, purple firefish.

I suspect it may be snail eggs, but I'm not sure.
Here is a list of CUC I have in the tank.
50 Nassarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
10 XLG Cerith Snails
10 Turbo Snails
10 Astrea Snails
10 Nerite Snails
10 X-Large Mexican Turbo Snails

PH 8.4
Salinity 1.022
Ammonia 0 (API)
Nitrite 0 (API)
Nitrate 10 (API)
Phosphate .12 (Hanna)
Calcium 550 (Red Sea)

The only factors that seems out of order are my Nitrates, Phosphats, and Calcium which is VERY high. I top-off with RODI water. I never dose any supplements. I believe the high calcium is due to the fact that I switch from Instant Ocean to Reef Crystals for last water change. I recently bought the RedSea kit so I have no history of Calcium measurements. I also have a ALK & MG test kit but haven't tested those as yet. I figure my Alk may be out of wack with the Calcium being so high.

Your feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!

Those are spirobid worms. Extreme common in a new tank. Eventually their numbers will dwindle. nothing to worry about and no harm to the tank.

 

[KathyC]

I have the same problem and would really like to know what they are.

Yours are snail eggs. I replied on your own thread.

 

[scott021467]

Thank you

 

[oh207]

Those are spirobid worms. Extreme common in a new tank. Eventually their numbers will dwindle. nothing to worry about and no harm to the tank.

Thank you KathyC. Tonight I notice there are a lot more of them on my back glass. I'm glad to hear they are not harmful.

 

[Coral Theory]

oh.. Those look to be nerite snail eggs.

 

[oh207]

oh.. Those look to be nerite snail eggs.

Thanks Coral Theory. I do have a few Nerite snails in the tank.
Do you know if they will hatch, be eaten, or become a problem for pumps or filters?
I definitely need to research this further since I'm seeing conflicting information.
Besides, nerite eggs sounds more cool than spirobid worms.

 

[Coral Theory]

Nerite snails will usually breed on a weekly basis. Most eggs will end up getting eaten by either other snails or fish when they hatch. I would not worry about any issues with pumps or filters.