HELP! ID these white disc things

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  1. randy91300zx

    randy91300zx Plankton

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    they dont shrink swell or change when the lights go out and they dont do anything to when u touch them...they feel soft almost like red bubble algae but firm when squeezed like a pea pod or something....they got me stumped lol
     
    randy91300zx, May 14, 2010
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  2. randy91300zx

    randy91300zx Plankton

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    the white discs are far to large to be Foraminiferans. tose are described as being 1.5-2mm these discs are 1/2" as seen in the pics. they are not magnified in any way.
     
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  3. LeslieH

    LeslieH Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    What kind of snails do you have in the tank? Those look like whelk eggs. Several groups of gastropods produce these big stacked egg cases.
     
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  4. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Sweet i win a cool ID thread. They are nerite egg cases. I have them all over my tank too and we id'd them in a thread a month back. I think it was Inwall but not 100%
     
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  5. randy91300zx

    randy91300zx Plankton

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    ya i do have a few of those...maybe it is eggs...we will see
     
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  6. 2in10

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    Only if his nerites are about 5 inches diameter and they stack their egg casings on top of each other.
     
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  7. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    No they're definately not nerite egg cases. I was thinking a type of macro-algae.
     
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  8. 2in10

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    I was thinking some type of halimeda except there is no green. This is very interesting.
     
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  9. reefmonkey

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    John has some from time to time. It looks a little bit like lobophobias *sp

    *looked it up LOL lobophora
     
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  10. LeslieH

    LeslieH Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    LeslieH, May 14, 2010
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