Snails or Flatworms??? Or something else....

[c0mf0rt]

Let me begin by saying I don't have a pic.

The tank has only been setup for a week with LR and some LS. There are some Nassarius snails that happened to be in the sand. I noticed the other day that there was a trail of dots on the glass behind the snail and assumed it was a trail of slime/bubbles.

Now they are ALL over the glass.

They look like a small clear dot with a few white circles inside each of them. They DON'T seem to be moving. They've been there for a few days.

They definitely don't look like the shrimpy looking pods.... any help would be appreciated...

TIA

 

[Brenden]

I get stuff like that in my tank too. I call it Mag Float grime It is more than likely some type of algae since the tank is so new. Without a pic it will be next to impossible to be certain.

 

[Fluff]

The clear domes with dots inside sounds like nassarius eggs.

There is a decent pic of a nassarius capsule about mid way down the page of this site.

http://jwsweb.home.mchsi.com/salt6.html

 

[c0mf0rt]

That's them.... thanks for the pic.... I hope some of them live.... especially with the cycle going on.... I'd have like a million friggin nassarius... thanks again....