Animal Mother
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Last night I was sitting at the table, staring at the tank, and I saw this spherical cluster of tiny, bright, pink balls. I noticed it falling from a saucer dish-sized elephant ear mushroom, so I'm not counting out the possibility that the mushroom could have spit it out, and maybe the coral was spawning. The mass stayed together in a sphere as it rolled across the sandbed. Once it got by the yellow watchman and he whipped his tail and the current sent a dozen or so into the water column. After about 20 minutes it lost its shape and seemed to collapse into a pile.
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The inhabitants of the tank are:
1 Starry Blenny
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
2 Firefish
1 large rhodactis mushroom
Several red discosoma mushrooms
Majano and pseudocorynactis anemones
I am ruling out the Watchman Goby, as I did see the cluster fall from about 6" above the sand. Other than an angler that produced egg clusters twice while in my company, I have NO experience with fish eggs of any sort and I have no idea what any of those species eggs would look like. So, if you have a clue, I'd love help solving the mystery. It honestly doesn't matter, as they have disappeared overnight, but it blows my mind and has me very curious and I figured this would be the best place to start. If it was in fact my pair of firefish, that would be of benefit to know for future's sake.
The inhabitants of the tank are:
1 Starry Blenny
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
2 Firefish
1 large rhodactis mushroom
Several red discosoma mushrooms
Majano and pseudocorynactis anemones
I am ruling out the Watchman Goby, as I did see the cluster fall from about 6" above the sand. Other than an angler that produced egg clusters twice while in my company, I have NO experience with fish eggs of any sort and I have no idea what any of those species eggs would look like. So, if you have a clue, I'd love help solving the mystery. It honestly doesn't matter, as they have disappeared overnight, but it blows my mind and has me very curious and I figured this would be the best place to start. If it was in fact my pair of firefish, that would be of benefit to know for future's sake.