I was moving live rocks around and found a pretty hitchhiker

[Finn1018]

So I was doing some general cleaning in my tank, and decided I wanted to move things around, to my surprise I found this pretty thing hanging around. So I moved it to better lighting and flow. I have a bunch of softies in tank and I dose reef roids weekly.
Any idea what it is?

 

[Rmckoy]

Looks like a maxi mini carpet anemone

 

[Tcook]

Could be a rhodactis mushroom. Very nice! Looking forward to see how it colors up.

 

[Finn1018]

Looks like a maxi mini carpet anemone

Wow if it is an anemone, that’s super lucky. I definitely want to try and feed it some shrimp when I get home lol

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

First instinct is mini carpet.

Where is this rock from?

 

[Finn1018]

First instinct is mini carpet.

Where is this rock from?

I’ve had multiple rocks from local hobbyists and some of them are old rocks that I let dry out in my garage!

 

[Rmckoy]

Wow if it is an anemone, that’s super lucky. I definitely want to try and feed it some shrimp when I get home lol

They don’t require to be fed .
I have 2 I is dull coloured like the picture posted ( it hides in the rocks )
The one at the top is very dark with reds , greens etc .
It will colour up with lighting

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’ve had multiple rocks from local hobbyists and some of them are old rocks that I let dry out in my garage!

Well that's a pretty awesome hitchhiker for sure.

This would not have been from a rock that dried out. More than likely a baby that was in a crevasse or hole undetected.

 

[Finn1018]

They don’t require to be fed .
I have 2 I is dull coloured like the picture posted ( it hides in the rocks )
The one at the top is very dark with reds , greens etc .
It will colour up with lighting

Oh aww! But I want to see his mouth! Haha

 

[Rmckoy]

Oh aww! But I want to see his mouth! Haha

Oh ……

they are small creatures .
It will eat small foods but too big will stress , or it will spit it out .

it hasn’t been fed on who knows how long .
I wouldn’t

 

[Finn1018]

Oh ……

they are small creatures .
It will eat small foods but too big will stress , or it will spit it out .

it hasn’t been fed on who knows how long .
I wouldn’t

Aww okay!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Oh aww! But I want to see his mouth! Haha

Yeah I would definitely be putting it in my feeding rotation.

 

[Finn1018]

Yeah I would definitely be putting it in my feeding rotation.

I always wanted an anemone for the sole purpose of feeding it. It’s funny too cause my clowns have hosted in a cluster of zoas in the back of my tank. I know they don’t normally host on mini carpets, but hey I’m about to do the whole print a picture and show them how to thing haha

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I always wanted an anemone for the sole purpose of feeding it. It’s funny too cause my clowns have hosted in a cluster of zoas in the back of my tank. I know they don’t normally host on mini carpets, but hey I’m about to do the whole print a picture and show them how to thing haha

I wouldn't get too excited, it's possible but not likely.

Carpets look like mushrooms when they eat, can totally ball up and look like an onion