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Posted: October 01 2004 at 11:04am |
You know those loopy strings of Cerith Snail eggs that appear on the glass and rocks from time to time?
I had a friend over the other evening and looking through the jewelers loop, we did a rough approximation. A six inch string had about 75 loops with about 1000 eggs in each loop.
Adam Blundell does the math better than me but I think that's like 75,000 eggs! Wow! 
Does anyone have a pic of a Cerith Snail egg string?
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Posted: October 01 2004 at 11:20am |
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I can grab one next time they lay eggs, I have to ketch them right after though as the tang really likes cerith snail eggs.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: October 01 2004 at 11:34am |
You got a picture I hope?
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Posted: October 01 2004 at 12:20pm |
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Mine are always laying eggs too. I'll see if I can snap a decent pic.
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Posted: October 01 2004 at 1:22pm |
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My camera broke.
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 8:46am |
My snails layed eggs yesterday and were promptly eaten. I did grab this pic before the tang got to them.
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 9:36am |
Jared I may crop and use that pic in an article... okay?
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 9:44am |
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Cool, Thanks, Jared.
From that pic, it appears that the snail cleared the area immediately around the egg string!
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 10:59am |
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That's what I was just thinking, too. Looks like the snail cleaned the area first. Very cool picture!! Thanks!
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 11:10am |
The snail actually cleaned the glass as it layed the eggs, it's very interesting to watch. Fell free to use it Adam. Here are the rest of the pictures I took if any of these work better:
http://www.saltwaterspecialists.com/snail
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