Whats the best hitch hiker you've had?

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by tatted4ever, Aug 30, 2009.

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  1. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    Aiptasia makes me cry
     
    oceanparadise1, Aug 31, 2009
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  2. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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    I have these cool pink anemones with whitish silver spots on them. Look like jewel anemones I guess......Don't know if they're best or worst yet so.....

    Best: peanut worms, pods, sea stars, zoa polyps, sponges.

    Worst: Spot of bubble algae.
     
    whippy, Aug 31, 2009
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  3. blumoon reefers

    blumoon reefers Millepora

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    Worst - Aiptasia
    Best - I bought a unique looking live rock - after a couple of weeks I noticed a "slit" in the rock - couple weeks later, I closed the canopy and happened to see the "slit" close very, very quickly...turns out there is a live oyster encrusted in the rock!!! very cool!
     
    blumoon reefers, Aug 31, 2009
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  4. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    Same here!

    Worst would have to be the evil zoa-eating nudibranch.
     
    Triplemom, Aug 31, 2009
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  5. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    I have never gotten a good hitchiker but I have gotten gorilla crabs, bryopsis, bubble algae, red bugs and montipora eating nudibranchs. Hooray for me!
     
    amcarrig, Aug 31, 2009
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  6. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    good- emerald crabs, a tiny feather duster, and the best was a engineer goby.. he jumped out 2 days later..

    Bad- a lot of die-off and ammonia spike is the worst I encountered..
     
    bama, Aug 31, 2009
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  7. zjpeter

    zjpeter Ritteri Anemone

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    best: Barney the Brittle Star, mushrooms

    worst: a nudibranch that wiped out an entire colony of GSP
     
    zjpeter, Aug 31, 2009
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  8. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    could be a good thing;)
     
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  9. zjpeter

    zjpeter Ritteri Anemone

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    maybe i should have kept one in a "species tank" to do some trimming... lol. they took out about 90 percent of my GSP but left a frag about the size of a nickle. that sucker has quadrupled in about two months.
     
    zjpeter, Aug 31, 2009
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  10. SilvioD

    SilvioD Astrea Snail

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    my best things are a reef urchin and a bunch of limplets and other kinds of snails that are reproducing in my tank
     
    SilvioD, Aug 31, 2009
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