Strangest Hitch Hiker Ever?

[aromantis]

Well, we've all had hitch hikers, some more interesting than others. So, I thought I'd start a topic on the most interesting hitch hikers ever. Feel free to chime in and tell your stories. If possible, leave a pic. I'll start.
Mine aren't that great, but I only have one tank, so there couldn't be that much anyway. First are the feather dusters. I have a colony of star polyps which I put in the front of the tank and partially fell over and was leaning on the glass. THe polyps against the glass closed, and I think the tubes they come out of were empty. They have since grown a half an inch onto the rock, so no worries about that. However, I've recently noticed small feather dusters taking residence in the vacant tubes. It's really cool.
Then there's the slug. I noticed it near those same polyps. It has no shell, and seems to move like any other snail, eating algae off the glass.

 

[reef321]

I found a couple black things that look like slugs, but have a small smooth shell on there backs. don't have any pictures of them.

 

[aromantis]

Sounds like stomatella snails. Beneficial algae eaters.

 

[plateboy3293]

Someone found an octopus awhile back.

 

[jhildebrand]

Wish I had taken some pics back in the day.

Mantis, odd looking segmented worms, urchins, yellow and red blotched macro algae that grew to 6" across, every type of limpet I can think of, ball anemones, some scary looking crabs, chitons, peanut worm...

Here's a neat coral that appeared on the rock after a year - still looking for an ID.

 

[CMBlake2]

That would be a cup coral. Paracyathus is the genus.

 

[jmadison]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14172869#post14172869 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by plateboy3293
Someone found an octopus awhile back.

That'd be SWEET, although I would guess most(including myself) would be illprepared to practice good husbandry with this animal!

 

[chrisstie]

I don't think its a cup coral. Have any better/clearer pics of it ?

 

[menancyandsam]

Eunicid Worm at least 4-5 in. long. Recently discovered.

 

[w16227]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14177294#post14177294 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jhildebrand
Wish I had taken some pics back in the day.

Mantis, odd looking segmented worms, urchins, yellow and red blotched macro algae that grew to 6" across, every type of limpet I can think of, ball anemones, some scary looking crabs, chitons, peanut worm...

Here's a neat coral that appeared on the rock after a year - still looking for an ID.

Hard to tell from the pic - do they look like this?

colored body, clear tentacles with white "balls" on teh end?

Ball anemone. Good critter.

come in many colors. Melev has images of an orange one on his site.

 

[lionbacker54]

what rock has the most hitch-hikers and critters in it? i would love to just buy some rock and watch all sorts of things creep and crawl out of it. as it is, i started my tank with walt smith premium fiji rock. nothing has ever come out of it, except one teeny tiny aiptasia that i can't seem to kill

 

[jimroth]

The LR from Fiji USED to come with all sorts of cool critters in it. These days -- I didn't even get a gorilla crab out of 150Lbs of rock. I guess if you want the biological surprise package, Florida aquacultured rock is the way to go :-(

 

[anentwich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14177294#post14177294 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jhildebrand
Wish I had taken some pics back in the day.

Mantis, odd looking segmented worms, urchins, yellow and red blotched macro algae that grew to 6" across, every type of limpet I can think of, ball anemones, some scary looking crabs, chitons, peanut worm...

Here's a neat coral that appeared on the rock after a year - still looking for an ID.

I think that may be some sort of cladocora...i have one just like that came on some LR.

<a href="http://s600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/anentwich/?action=view&current=DSCN0679.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/anentwich/DSCN0679.jpg" border="0" alt="aiptasia?"></a>

 

[jtreefdweller]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14201454#post14201454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by menancyandsam
Eunicid Worm at least 4-5 in. long. Recently discovered.

That's awesome. Did you keep him?