Show Off Your Hitchhikers :)

Baby Ray · Apr 6, 2016

Everyone has threads about showing off corals and fish but I thought I would mix it up!!!!!

Wish I could start this off but I haven't been lucky enough to come across any good hitchhikers (yet)

1fishjones · Apr 6, 2016

https://www.dropbox.com/s/azepuknskurmvme/File Jul 10, 10 54 50 AM.jpeg?dl=0

This decorator crab came on a Kenya tree coral. The long appendage (nose) is made of algae. When I first found him there were two pieces of what looked like grass attached in the same place.
lol I had one heck of a time identifying him.

Baby Ray · Apr 6, 2016

1fishjones said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/azepuknskurmvme/File Jul 10, 10 54 50 AM.jpeg?dl=0

This decorator crab came on a Kenya tree coral. The long appendage (nose) is made of algae. When I first found him there were two pieces of what looked like grass attached in the same place.
lol I had one heck of a time identifying him.

That's really cool!!! And a lucky snag

1fishjones · Apr 6, 2016

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxkpx4ngmhqb30w/2015-07-10 09.06.17.mov?dl=0

One of my favorites, here he is riding my Slippery tongue coral like a horse. Decorators are awesome when they're out and about which is rare. Kinda like a box of chocolates, yah never know what you're gonna get.

1fishjones · Apr 6, 2016

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ybsawg4jsx77veg/File Aug 27, 8 42 49 PM.mov?dl=0

Here he is the day I got the Kenya tree. He was so small at first I thought he was a piece of the coral that had broken off. Lucky I noticed him at all.

Ally4red · Apr 7, 2016

I'm not sure if this is a Hitchhiker or not. It's on the shell of my snail. Can someone tell me.

AK47 · Apr 7, 2016

These guys just popped out the live rock after we bought our lighting. Any idea I have been trying to find a way to id them online. Thought I would try here before I make a long trip to the aquarium store.

saltyfilmfolks · Apr 7, 2016

AK47 said:
These guys just popped out the live rock after we bought our lighting. Any idea I have been trying to find a way to id them online. Thought I would try here before I make a long trip to the aquarium store.

nems sponges and what looks like a carpet nem
nice

saltyfilmfolks · Apr 7, 2016

Black Stomatella

Acameron2 · Apr 7, 2016

Feather duster hitchhiked with my rocks about a year ago. Still going strong.

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reef lover · Apr 7, 2016

Here's my mantis...

Sabellafella · Apr 7, 2016

Not sure if this falls in the showoff your hitchhikers category but my nem babys like to hitchike around on my trochus snails lol

Ally4red · Apr 7, 2016

Sabellafella said:
Not sure if this falls in the showoff your hitchhikers category but my nem babys like to hitchike around on my trochus snails lol

I have something on the back of my snail too. I have no clue what it is

McMullen · Apr 7, 2016

^Hitchhikers! Literally! LOL

Sabellafella · Apr 7, 2016

McMullen said:
^Hitchhikers! Literally! LOL

Lolol dude ive ben trying to give away this nem for so long, hes ben destroying everything in his path

McMullen · Apr 7, 2016

LOL, yeah I can only imagine.......constant "drive by stinging."

Baby Ray · Apr 7, 2016

Ally4red said:
I'm not sure if this is a Hitchhiker or not. It's on the shell of my snail. Can someone tell me.

This kind of looks like a type of pest anemone so I would be safe and remove it.

Sabellafella · Apr 7, 2016

Ally4red said:
I'm not sure if this is a Hitchhiker or not. It's on the shell of my snail. Can someone tell me.

Yours looks to be an aiptasia, acually very common on snail/hermit shells as they benefit from the host feeding.

Baby Ray · Apr 7, 2016

AK47 said:
These guys just popped out the live rock after we bought our lighting. Any idea I have been trying to find a way to id them online. Thought I would try here before I make a long trip to the aquarium store.