What HH's do I have?

ethanf163 · Jan 31, 2013

Hello all, new to the forum. I have always read on here, but never made an account or posted. Anyways I got a piece of live rock today (4.99 a lb) from my LFS. I didn't notice until I got home it have some rather interesting hitchhikers. Now I have never kept any anemones or corals in the past, just fish and inverts. Even sea horses and such, but never coral or anemones. I seen that it had a couple things on it and decided to purchase it. Can you identify the hitchhikers on it? I certainly cannot. Thanks everyone! Look forward to getting to know everybody, and sharing pictures/facts etc;

I can post more pics if needed tomorrow when I have the light on again.

gobeach · Jan 31, 2013

That's an Apstasia, get rid of it before it spreads. Peppermint shrimp or ApstasiaX will work.

ethanf163 · Jan 31, 2013

Great! I actually liked it, lol. I thought maybe that's what it was. What about the purple on the rock towards the back. By the end of the day it was standing up and looked cool. Also I've never kept shrimp. Anything they don't get along with, or will eat them?

gobeach · Jan 31, 2013

Hard to see the "purple thing" in the photo.

ethanf163 · Jan 31, 2013

It's on the very back and top. You can see it kinds of hanging, and it forms itself into the rock. With 1 long arm that wilted for a few hours and then is now looking healthy. It's bumpy as well.

OurReef · Jan 31, 2013

Star polyps would be my guess, possibly another pita to keep in check.

ethanf163 · Jan 31, 2013

I'll try to get better pics tomorrow. I wish that the Apstasia wasn't a nuissance. Really like having something different in my tank besides fish, hermit crabs and CC starfish.