My first Hitchhikers!

I bought a bit of live rock today, and looking at them in the store i didnt notice anything on them except a few bits of Coraline, but once i put them in the tank about a hour later i noticed these brown Anemones on them. I've heard talk of some bad hitchhiker Anemones and just curious if these are them. Also I have a sponge looking thing that appeared on one of my rocks i bought about 2 weeks ago for my other tank. its mostly grey and hairy looking, just curious what it is. Also i have what looks like some algae growth, but it just looks really smooth unlike the rest of the coraline algae growing on the rocks. is this normal or should i be worried about something?

I will attempt to attach some pics i took. though they arnt that great. i cant seem to get the clean crisp pictures that i've been seeing on here.

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Little hard to see. but its the same color as the others, but wedged itself deep in a hole, but about 3 times the size of the others.
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Sponge and strange algae growth
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Thanks guys.

 

Incase the attachments didnt work. here are some links.

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Sponges are cool...small anenomes are not...

They are either aptasia or majano --- you need to get rid of them quick before they overwhelm your tank from the getgo...

Hot Tips: aptasia control
(Advanced Aquarist)

nuke them bad boys!

(I personally like Joe's Juice - but other methods work also)

 

I agree...those little buggers are a pain!

 

Ok thanks guys. figured thats what it was. so you think 2 or 3 Pepermint shrimps would clean them off fairly well? or should i try something different?

 

Don't depend on shrimp...time is of the essence.

 

Well. i've killed 6 of them so far. and in the process found this little bugger hiding. guessing a sponge, but this one actually has some color compaired to the other one. hehe.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/Vyda/Yellow.jpg

anyways thought it was neat.