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[justaDutchguy]

Still pretty hard to see i guess

 

[SeaBee]

Here's some hitchhikers on my recent Zoa purchase. The 15 - 20 minute dip in Coral RX didn't hurt these guys!!!

 

[SeaBee]

Could be a strawberry anemone.

You're exactly right!

 

[gettaReef]

Sea Bee - I think those are actually another coral in that patch of zoas (sorry, can't remember the name right now), hence why they didn't come off in the dip

justaDutchguy - Is the crab still there after dipping the coral? If not, I'd dip it or pick him out if possible just to be safe

 

[Wiz]

Here's some hitchhikers on my recent Zoa purchase. The 15 - 20 minute dip in Coral RX didn't hurt these guys!!!

Clove polyps

 

[SeaBee]

Clove polyps

You're exactly right! I just googled them and that's what they are. I'm trying to encrust my largest rock with a variety of Zoas . . . I'm not looking for these guys to start popping up on this rock.
http://www.seascapestudio.net/reference/cnidarian.php?id=20

 

[SeaBee]

Sea Bee - I think those are actually another coral in that patch of zoas (sorry, can't remember the name right now), hence why they didn't come off in the dip
You're spot on!!! After going back for a second look, they're actually Clove Polyps. Here's a close-up:

justaDutchguy - Is the crab still there after dipping the coral? If not, I'd dip it or pick him out if possible just to be safe

 

[SeaBee]

Clove polyps

One quick question: How do I remove these guys? I'd rather not have them in my tank, but I don't want to harm my zoas.

 

[justaDutchguy]

justaDutchguy - Is the crab still there after dipping the coral? If not, I'd dip it or pick him out if possible just to be safe

Well, i am just thinking, either it's a bad crab and i guess if that's the case it will move around the tank rather then just hang out in the millipora, if it harms the millipora i would see it getting damaged and i can still take it out, hopefully.
Just read that so many little crabs live in symbiosis with acro's and it seems to be one of them. Thanks a lot for the advice tho, i will look at it tomorrow again, if it's still there and nothing is harmed i will leave it and as soon as i get a bad feeling about him i will get him out to make a picture.

 

[NanaReefer]

It's about a 1/4" in height and the head is the size of an eraser on a # 2 pencil.

Looks like a Duncan to me.

 

[NoStRaThOmAs]

Do you have a picture of it under white light?

Here it is during the daylight

 

[Tahoe61]

^ That looks like Fungia.

 

[NanaReefer]

^ That looks like Fungia.

I was thinking the same thing now that I'm seeing it in the light and zoomed in.

 

[Wiz]

One quick question: How do I remove these guys? I'd rather not have them in my tank, but I don't want to harm my zoas.

Not entirely sure. If you dont want them I would grab them as close to the rock as possible with tweezers and pull them out

 

[NoStRaThOmAs]

^ That looks like Fungia.

Ok cool hitchhiker then. I don't recall when and where it came in from, but I can now say Grew it from a baby. I always thought fungia were flat? This coral has a skeleton like a Duncan? Whatever it is its eating like a pig. I hope it grows into a nice coral.

 

[Wiz]

Really cool hiker

 

[TheEngineer]

I'm cleaning out my old 10g and I have a ton of these small snails on the glass. They come to a point at the top, sort of like a sloping pyramid and about the size of a sesame seed.

 

[Tahoe61]

Limpet?

 

[TheEngineer]

I thought limpets were rounder....

 

[Tahoe61]

There are varieties that stay really small and look like little cones or pyramid shaped.