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I found it in my pond. What is this?

stockquasarvbqfdN-tstockquasarvbqfdN-t Posts: 3
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Looks like some kind of freshwater anemone, or an egg of some sort. I only have goldfishes in there, though... Considering I tried asking in different places and nobody came up with an answer, I'm starting to think this is my pond's butt. Seriously though, this forum is my last bet. I'm getting pretty curious now. 
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  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    The origin of Coronavirus?!?! lol

    That's very odd, I tried google lens, but that keeps coming back with 'sea urchin'
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Some thing dead and curled up? That's all I've got  :/
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    edited July 2021
    How big are those tiles  15cm? so the thing would be 5cm across?is it hard or jelly like?


  • stockquasarvbqfdN-tstockquasarvbqfdN-t Posts: 3
    fidgetbones said:
    How big are those tiles  15cm? so the thing would be 5cm across?is it hard or jelly like?


    Something like that, yeah. The composition of the "body" is the same as a jellyfish, but the "ring" is way harder
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I have seen marine egg masses similar to that, nudibranchs are sea slugs.   I think that might be some form of snail egg mass.  The only cnidarians (sea anemone family) in freshwater are hydra and they are small.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Definitely worth putting it in a bucket of water or an aquarium and seeing what develops.
  • stockquasarvbqfdN-tstockquasarvbqfdN-t Posts: 3
    fidgetbones said:
    Definitely worth putting it in a bucket of water or an aquarium and seeing what develops.
    I'm still cursing myself because I've put it back into the pond. Perhaps I'll try to search for it again tomorrow, when there's light.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    Perhaps you could send the photo to the national marine aquarium?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Don’t think a marine aquarium would be the place … that’s about things that live in seawater … I’d contact your local wildlife trust and/or the Natural History Museum. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Freshwater bryozoan?
    Utah, USA.
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