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What the nope is this?


The video on my computer maybe better but this one should work and here are some photos


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Neither of those have eyes

Google came back and said snail baby or bivalve
While some sort of mollusk larvae is a good guess, because of the eyespots, I'm inclined to think they're polychaete (bristleworm) larvae.

Regardless, mollusk or polychaete, they're trochophore larvae of some variety.
 
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While some sort of mollusk larvae is a good guess, because of the eyespots, I'm inclined to think they're polychaete (bristleworm) larvae.

Regardless, mollusk or polychaete, they're trochophore larvae of some variety.
Oh man I should have dumped them down the drain lol


Oh well…I put them in the sump….i need to find an arrow crab lol
 
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While some sort of mollusk larvae is a good guess, because of the eyespots, I'm inclined to think they're polychaete (bristleworm) larvae.

Regardless, mollusk or polychaete, they're trochophore larvae of some variety.
So a quick search shows this about bristle worm reproduction
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These things were definitely in a “sac” of some sort - seen below
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So maybe, hopefully not more bristle worms
 

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So a quick search shows this about bristle worm reproduction
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These things were definitely in a “sac” of some sort - seen below
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So maybe, hopefully not more bristle worms
It's definitely possible - I'm not sure which kind of critter with larvae like this would lay an egg sac; pretty neat to see!
 
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It's definitely possible - I'm not sure which kind of critter with larvae like this would lay an egg sac; pretty neat to see!
So at first I was gonna leave it and go to sleep and then I could t sleep so I have to get the microscope out! But then had dreams of alien invasions coming from my tank lol
 
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If you can see this thing so clearly without microscope, it's really impossible not to throw it into the sewer.

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So yes I could see the egg sac…but not the critters….

I do have plenty of bristles and a few fireworms
I sometimes get them out with a baster but generally I just let them do their thing
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