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soulsister 01-03-2014 01:00 AM

What is this????
 
Found this in my reef tank. Have no clue what it is. It feels like sand paper. Can you ID it please.

canadianbudz604 01-03-2014 01:14 AM

Wtf
 
Don't know what it is but it's pretty cool

WarDog 01-03-2014 02:26 AM

3-D alien crop circles in your sand. I'd be careful and wear a tinfoil hat if I were you!

425nm 01-03-2014 02:27 AM

The ribbon shape makes me think nudibranch eggs but I don't know of any that incorporate sand. Then again I don't know a lot about nudi's.

craigwmiller 01-03-2014 03:04 AM

Let us know if you are still alive in days/weeks after touching it :twised: <twilight theme song>

(if you are still alive, I might want some of it LOL)

GoFish 01-04-2014 08:28 AM

This deserves a bump, wth?? If it feels like sandpaper, do you think it's actually some sort of burrow that a creature made for itself using the sandy bottom? Perhaps it lives under the sand bed?!

WarDog 01-04-2014 08:48 AM

My best guess would be something spawned.

soulsister 01-04-2014 02:16 PM

Euspira lewisii
 
That's what the eggs are from. I did some research and this is what I learned. I bought the snails from a local store as Nassarius Snails. Obviously they are not and now I need to find them and remove them. GERRRRR.....

soulsister 01-04-2014 02:21 PM

heres a link to what i found
 
http://www.asnailsodyssey.com/LEARNA...N/moonRepr.php

Coral Hoarder 01-04-2014 07:21 PM

Wow thanks for posting the artickle so your lfs sold u moon snails wow that's wierd

Kabong 01-04-2014 07:51 PM

I'd highly doubt that these are actually Euspira lewisii. (now classified as "Lunatia lewisii")

Lunatia lewisii's egg casing are at least 6" across.
The actual snail gets larger then you fist.

As well, its mantle comes up and covers half of its shell (like a cowrie)
so it is visually unique.

What you have definitely looks like a an egg case, and may have come from your new snails.

But I highly doubt they are Lunatia lewisii.


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