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[dwebb1031]

Good/bad?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Perfectly fine.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Something new on my rock. Any ideas? Some sort of egg sack maybe?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Yup. Definitely eggs.

What do you have in there, invert-wise. Those are gorgeous eggs.

Kindda looks like a nudi, but it's not exactly any pattern I've seen.

 

[cloak]

I think they might be Nudibranch or some type of Sea Slug eggs. You might want to do a search just to compare some pictures.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Yup. Definitely eggs.

What do you have in there, invert-wise. Those are gorgeous eggs.

Kindda looks like a nudi, but it's not exactly any pattern I've seen.

Thanks for the quick response Renee. For inverts, I have assorted snails, 2 peppermint shrimp, single urchin, sea star, tons of bristle worms and brittle stars.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Wondering if I should try and move them.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Don't move them yet.... lemme have a look in my box of tricks and see if I can find out what they are.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

I think they might be Nudibranch or some type of Sea Slug eggs. You might want to do a search just to compare some pictures.

I had a sea hare in there, but havent seen it for over a month......right around the time I had a large diatom bloom.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Bingo. I bet that's it.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Don't move them yet.... lemme have a look in my box of tricks and see if I can find out what they are.

Ok, thanks.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I believe he is still alive.... do a google search for sea hare eggs.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

I guess if they are sea hares, nobody will eat them. I'm just worried about having enough food. Been using a veggie clip for my tang, but the sea hare only ate off of it once that I know of before it dissapeared.

 

[chumleetm]

Any idea what type of worm this is and if it good or bad. it comes out when I feed sometimes.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's a little bristleworm, he's a good guy.

The hare could be much smaller than he was originally. He may have been laying eggs all this time, but sometimes critters are known for laying eggs when stressed.

 

[catney]

Anyone know what these are?

Long worm thing, and the two small critters in the other pic.
Thank you

 

[cloak]

The two little "bugs" in the first picture are harmless Amphipods. The worm in the second one is a bristle worm. These are harmless as well.

 

[chumleetm]

I saw this pop up today is it anything or just part of the rock. it looks like another one is growing next to it. Thanks in advance.

 

[cloak]

Can you zoom out and take another picture of it?

 

[chumleetm]

No that's the best I can get it. Can't get it to focus right. It looks like some kind of anemone, I'll just wait for it to grow a bit more.