hitchhiker

I recently got in some live rock from the gulf and was wondering if anybody could tell me what kind the two are.

I purchased this blasto during World Wide Coral's anniversary sale two weeks ago. After one week I noticed a red egg / growth appear on the base of the coral. The egg / growth in question is round, large enough to stick out from the base of the coral slightly, and has a small white thing...

I noticed a bunch of these weird things growing on my soft coral, is it bad? And what is it please

I bought my first ever coral about 4 months ago, a small 2 head Torch and a fungia plate coral, I dipped them both and got a small flatworm off the torch luckily. A few days into owning the torch and watching it get used to the water and extend, I noticed a little section of bristly exoskeleton...

My 4-month-old tank has been thru various phases of the uglies that have been relatively mild, but I see a new growth that I'm having a hard time identifying. As shown in the photo, these white fuzzy stalks are attached to rocks (or the back wall) -- the one pictured is about 3 mm tall, others...

We all like to treat our Coral with dip and maybe some of us don't do it or never have at all. I would like to know, what is the coolest hitchhiker that has made their way into your tank? Through buying Coral, live rock or live sand or anything. It would be interesting to find out if anyone has...

Hello, anyone know what kind of cowrie this is? Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone so i just noticed this guy crawl from the top of my rock work all the way to the bottom pretty fast. In thank I only have 4 corals and 2 clown fish and 3 bubble bee snails in a 13 gallon. Started the tank in January and put coral in march 1st and fish march 29th. This is the first...

Hi everyone, I just finished dipping and acclimating my new corals that shipped in. A couple hours later I was admiring them as they all opened up and saw this tiny starfish hanging on for dear life as my power heads blow him about lol should I keep him? Or is it a bad hitchhiker. I don’t know...

Wish I could post a video as it would show up much more clearer and movements (possibly just water current moving it). I went through the Hitchhiker ID Thread with the various photos and the good & bad ones, but clueless. I’m just wondering if this would be something of concern or just me...

Stationary tentacle or worm, nocturnal, rapidly shrinks in bright light to what basically just looks like a pebble of sand stuck in a some snail slime. Edit: not sure the video is going to work so here are stills

This thing is growing on my snail but can’t work it out what it is. If a touch it closes like clams it doesn’t seems to bother the snail but would be nice to know it is safe.

Hello! I was looking at my corals today and saw this guy on my candy cane. Tried looking online and I’m not sure if it’s a vermetid snail or a type of sponge. Can anyone offer any clarity and advise of what to do? I’m currently in the process of slowly transferring corals to a new tank and...

Can anyone ID these little hitch hikers please Small starfish, Orange skinny growths on live rock

Hello Reefers! Quite interested in an identification of this clear lil guy. Almost reminded me of a mantis shrimp, because of the way it was walking, but not sure. Possibly a Squillidae? Has anyone found anything similar? Thanks!

Found this guy on a frag plug from a recent coral purchase, any ideas? very small, black soft body, no visible shell.

What are the things all around the Zoa heads on this Frag? I dipped the coral but they opened right back up.

Has anybody ever come across a feather duster living inside a brain coral, I have had it 3 months and it is thriving with the exception of an unexpected hitchhiker. Up until the last couple of days all has looked great now the mouth closest to where the fan pops out is looking a little ballooned...

Hi Experts, Found this crab today (about 1.5cm)... not sure if it is good or bad. Thanks.

I bought about 25lbs from gulf live rock and 4 of these anemones came on one of the pieces, can anyone help me I.d. Them? I cycled the rock for a week and all 4 survived.

Hey guys, I've noticed these white things growing on my Blasto frag when he closes up to eat. He's otherwise really healthy and appears to be growing. I wasn't sure if these were sweeper tentacles and a natural part of the Blasto? I'm about to upgrade my 30gal to an 80gal and want to make sure...

I apologize for the poor pic quality and the green algae, but I have no idea what little thing in the middle of the picture is. It moves like a starfish but doesn't have any arms. Maybe it is a star fish without arms?? I do have a couple of emerald crabs...

I found this baby starfish in my tank a few months ago, and didn’t see it for a while, so I assumed it was living in the rocks and coming out at night. He was on my glass today, and I just wanted to know if I could find out what kind of starfish he is. I’ll describe him as best as I can, because...

This lil guy appeared in my tank... not 1 of the ones I remember putting in. I believe it might have been born in the tank. I know I posted a picture before of what someone identified as snail eggs, but also mentioned they never hatch. Can this possibly be the result? Also what type of snail is...