The Official Hitchiker I.D Thread

[bct15]

Sea spider, coral predator. Specifically zoanthids.

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[Reef Fever]

glad this thread is takin off!

 

[Reef Fever]

is this one of this bad xanthid crabs? found 3 on a new millie i got

 

[NanaReefer]

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The Asternia Star's with color on them are known to eat zoas.


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[NanaReefer]

is this one of this bad xanthid crabs? found 3 on a new millie i got

Mithrax Crab not reef safe.


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[Mike J.]

is this one of this bad xanthid crabs? found 3 on a new millie i got

Sorry, I have to disagree. It is not a Mithrax Crab. It is a Cymo andreossyi. Also, a lot of people think Mithrax Crabs are good tank inhabitants. But, that's not one of them.

 

[Reef Fever]

Sorry, I have to disagree. It is not a Mithrax Crab. It is a Cymo andreossyi. Also, a lot of people think Mithrax Crabs are good tank inhabitants. But, that's not one of them.

so they are good? if so i need to find them before the fuge mantis gets them!

 

[Mike J.]

That's a judgement call you have to make. They help the coral, but they also eat a few polyps. Three on one coral frag might be a bit much. I'd squirt a little Coral Frenzy or something similar on it once in awhile to feed the crabs, so they don't over eat the coral.

 

[Reef Fever]

That's a judgement call you have to make. They help the coral, but they also eat a few polyps. Three on one coral frag might be a bit much. I'd squirt a little Coral Frenzy or something similar on it once in awhile to feed the crabs, so they don't over eat the coral.

Well I only found one, I feel like I split up a family :squigglemouth: lol. two were larger and the other was a baby about the size of a pinhead. I could have dispersed them throughout my milli collection...maybe ill spot another in the fuge one day. I also have a pocillopora that has two very nice trapezias on it

 

[davejep]

Great spot to identify unknown critters in our tanks.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

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[Reef Fever]

I'm sure they won't mind as Greg and Renee of LFL frequent here

 

[Reef Fever]

anyone got a clue what the heck these white things are? they just showed up in one corner of my pico tank which has been running for quite awhile, no new coral either? (dont mind the acoel, I am addressing them soon)

 

[ritter6788]

anyone got a clue what the heck these white things are? they just showed up in one corner of my pico tank which has been running for quite awhile, no new coral either? (dont mind the acoel, I am addressing them soon)

Blue clove polyps. Probably THE most invasive coral ever. Do a search for them here and you can find some info about how they can totally take over a tank, (my tank included at one time).

 

[Reef Fever]

Blue clove polyps. Probably THE most invasive coral ever. Do a search for them here and you can find some info about how they can totally take over a tank, (my tank included at one time).

I said the white things LOL

 

[ritter6788]

I said the white things LOL

Lost in translation I guess.

I stick by my answer though. That coral releases free swimming larvae which are possibly the white things on your glass. So my guess is blue clove polyp larvae.

 

[Reef Fever]

Lost in translation I guess.

I stick by my answer though. That coral releases free swimming larvae which are possibly the white things on your glass. So my guess is blue clove polyp larvae.

that would make sense since it was right by them. I know its a weed of a coral, dont really care all that much since its in my 4.5 gallon and I dont care what gets overgrown. I will never put that stuff in my large reef though

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

The white things may be "pods" of some sort, too.

Thinking I've found a couple tiny Sun Coral polyps amongst the red coralline algae. Need a better way to magnify to be certain, though.

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[Reef Fever]

The white things may be "pods" of some sort, too.

Thinking I've found a couple tiny Sun Coral polyps amongst the red coralline algae. Need a better way to magnify to be certain, though.

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definitely weren't pods as they wet immobile and they were lots of pods crawling around on the sand below.

As far as the red thing it looks like a type of sponge. I have one of those on a rock somewhere. It's kinda spikey lookin