Jumping Zoas...?

[rick4him]

So last night these zoas were on the ground, this morning they were on top of this rock. (They are on a shell - but there are about 25 heads on there - so it isn't light.) Any ideas???

Here is the picture last night

_DSC4730 by RickwSmith.com, on Flickr

Here is the picture today

_DSC4822 by RickwSmith.com, on Flickr

 

[Scopus Tang]

Sorry, can't see your pictures from work, but based on your description my first guess would be hermit crab. I had one that moved into a shell that had a random button polyp growing on it, and he carried it around for quite awhile before abandoning it for a bigger shell. I used to refer to it as my herbie polyp;

My second guess would be some fish grabbed a polyp and picked up the shell and it got dropped into its new position.

 

[ParanoidObseshn]

Might be that the zoos are mounted on the shell of a hitch hiker clam. That would explain the climbing up the rock.

 

[hail_sniper]

+1 on the possibility of the clam. looks like it may be (after alot of squinting).

 

[Friday Night]

Ghost tank

 

[SIR PATRICK]

Yup- Looks like they are attatched to a live scallop/clam!

 

[MUCHO REEF]

+1, I agree, a vert or fish could have easily moved it, I've seen it many time myself. Often when searching for food, one of the two will disturd it, turn it over or even move it. Possibly for territorial reasons. Also, verts and fish will gravitate towards any new additions out of pure curiousity and inspect and move it as well.

Mucho Reef

 

[mallorieGgator]

It looks like a scallop to me. Gently pull it. If it's stuck on the rock then you know it's a clam or scallop or oyster bc it put it's foot in the rock.

 

[joshik]

yeh, looks like a clam.

not to hijack this thread but i just recently have had frag plugs moving and ending up stuck to a rock along with red cap frags that were sitting on the sand, stuck to rocks the next morning.

after some research and help from RCers, i found out it was a Eunicid worm that has been taking random shells and even frag plugs and gluing them to his rock.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2009540

 

[Zoalander]

Your all wrong, I snuck into Rick4him's house and moved his frag in the middle of the night just to mess with him, it was me!

 

[Friday Night]

+1, I agree, a vert or fish could have easily moved it, I've seen it many time myself. Often when searching for food, one of the two will disturd it, turn it over or even move it. Possibly for territorial reasons. Also, verts and fish will gravitate towards any new additions out of pure curiousity and inspect and move it as well.

Mucho Reef

I have Had my Female GBM clown nudge a rock off my rockwork before due to the fact that she hated the placement. But yea from the sandbed up onto the rock??... Random.. cool but random lol...

 

[SIR PATRICK]

Your all wrong, I snuck into Rick4him's house and moved his frag in the middle of the night just to mess with him, it was me!

Unless you are a scallop/clam......I am right.

Nice try, but clams/scallops cant type, as far as i am aware. LOL!!!