please id this hitchiker

[Jessynjerre]

Hi All can anyone id this hitchiker as friend or foe thx

its been a few days and its already growing!!

this is the tank

 

[Fdalamo]

Looks like a Mojano Anemone to me.

Do a google image search on Mojano Anemone and compare!

 

[Reef Fever]

looks like a hairy mushroom to me

 

[Jessynjerre]

I put it close to the top for the light but it moved back down to the sand bed


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[IPisces]

I would agree with majano anemone. Looks like two of them.

 

[IPisces]

so your saying its one animal and it moved back to the sand bed!
That does not sound like a majano. not a mushroom either.
Could it have been blown back to the sandbed by the water current?

 

[Jessynjerre]

Yea thought it needed more light in it was easier to feed higher up


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[Fdalamo]

Hm, does it have an oral disc?

More pictures?

 

[Jessynjerre]

That could have happen but it kinda went to the same spot


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[Fdalamo]

I still say Mojano Anemone. A few more pictures, different angles.. Oral disc picture..!

 

[Jessynjerre]

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[Jessynjerre]

We also found these guys

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[Fdalamo]

Yeah. Anemone of some kind definitely..I'll stick with Mojano anemone.

The crab is a Pom Pom Crab..without his mini anemone pom poms. The slug thing..iono, some kind of sea slug or naked snail. ;P

 

[Jessynjerre]

Atleast it will b easy to get rid of him it on a lil piece of rock


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[Fdalamo]

Definitely an easy kill. I just had to get rid of Aiptasia, boiled water and shot it through a syringe..thing turned brown and fell off right quick! If that thing is on a rock, yeah, take it out sit it in fresh water or however your preferred method of murder. ;P

Nice looking tank by the way!

 

[Jessynjerre]

Thnx! I'm just gonna take it n throw it out I knew it was to good to b true the tank as been running for less then a week. Is this a mushroom

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[Fdalamo]

Yup! That's a blue mushroom in the backdrop. Nice looking one too!

Yeah, I'd get that anemone out quick, they like to drop babies like there's no tomorrow.

 

[Jessynjerre]

Thnx for the help! 8)


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[Kano]

The "snail" is a stomatella. It is a good algae eater. Blue mushroom and pom pom crab both good. Pom Pom crabs retail for ~15-20 in San Diego.

 

[Squishie89]

Yeah that is so cool you have a pom pom crab hitch hiker, although sad he has no anemones. If only you could pair up the unknown anemone with the crab.