Hitchhiker fish?

[CaBrowne]

Ok so I came home today and found this little fish swimming around the back of my tank...No idea how it got there. I haven't purchased anything in a month. I dipped The corals that I bought. I only feed frozen mysis, rods, and marine pellets. My last fish purchase was a month and a half ago from vivid aquariums and none of them are old enough to breed, besides I don't think it isnt any of those types. I have 2 clowns one male carpenters wrasse one wheelers goby. Fire shrimp and tiger pistol. Any ideas?

 

[CaBrowne]

Oh and its about 1/2 inch long

 

[Crabs McJones]

Did you buy live rock or dry rock?

 

[Alexreefer]

Wow umm hmmm. Idk im thinking it might have got in your tank as an egg. and hid until it grew big enough because ive seen fish eggs on rocks before. Dont quote me on this. Ill be sure to follow up on this tread. And do you plan on keeping him?

 

[CaBrowne]

Did you buy live rock or dry rock?

It was live rock. But it was sitting in a brute can for over a year with a pump on it before it went in my tank.

 

[JasonK84]

I'll follow for the answer in this one.

 

[cristata.reef]

Looks like a brackish fish (yuck; sorry personal bias), like a molly or a marsh killifish or something

 

[CaBrowne]

Wow umm hmmm. Idk im thinking it might have got in your tank as an egg. and hid until it grew big enough because ive seen fish eggs on rocks before. Dont quote me on this. Ill be sure to follow up on this tread. And do you plan on keeping him?

I'm not quite sure what to do with it. Don't think I have anything that will eat it in there...the only newish rock would be the plugs from the coral..but this would have survived a dip.

 

[Alexreefer]

I dont know. I wonder if it can survive in a brute can for over a year? Anyone???

 

[Idoc]

Cool to see what it will grow up to be!

 

[CaBrowne]

Looks like a brackish fish (yuck; sorry personal bias), like a molly or a marsh killifish or something

I know it does, but I can't figure out where from..

 

[cristata.reef]

I know it does, but I can't figure out where from..

I've seen gobies and certain species of combtooth blenny hitchhike in on LR, and they were over 3-4 inches in length so I wouldn't be surprised that your little friend did so too.

 

[CaBrowne]

I've seen gobies and certain species of combtooth blenny hitchhike in on LR, and they were over 3-4 inches in length so I wouldn't be surprised that your little friend did so too.

On frag plugs? There is no new LR in the tank.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Interesting find for sure. It looks juvenile, lacking color/translucent.

Me, I would leave it be and see what it turns out to be.

 

[cristata.reef]

On frag plugs? There is no new LR in the tank.

Hmm. When was the last time that you added rock? It is possible, however very unlikely, that he has hidden so well, that this is the very first time you've seen him

 

[CaBrowne]

Hmm. When was the last time that you added rock? It is possible, however very unlikely, that he has hidden so well, that this is the very first time you've seen him

Only rock added to tank was during first set up. And it was in a brute can for a year before it went into tank. Since then only frag plugs and rubble rock with coral attached that was all dipped in reached coral dip.

 

[JasonK84]

Are you sure the wrasse is a male? It's the closest thing in your tank of any resemblance.
???

 

[CaBrowne]

Seachem

 

[cristata.reef]

Are you sure the wrasse is a male? It's the closest thing in your tank of any resemblance.
???

Not a wrasse since it lacks the continuous dorsal fin characteristic of all labrids. Assuming it is a brackish, killifish lay they're eggs on floating plant debris so maybe there was an egg attached to the frag plug?

 

[CaBrowne]

Are you sure the wrasse is a male? It's the closest thing in your tank of any resemblance.
???

I believe so