What kind of hitch hikers have you found on your SPS?

raynist · 10/31/2006, 07:23 PM

I bought an acro a couple of days ago and got 3 acro crabs and this little goby. I will try to get a better picture, but he looks rather clear and has bright orange on his head. Only about a half inch long.

--Ray

raynist · 10/31/2006, 07:34 PM

Here is a better picture, I guess it is some kind of clown goby:

asmodeus · 10/31/2006, 08:32 PM

I to found a red acros crab in my blue acro. some small

OCDP · 10/31/2006, 10:00 PM

Well that's a neat hitchhiker.

Serioussnaps · 11/03/2006, 03:26 PM

cool hitchhiker..however, i have read they really nip at sps polyps...if you have a highly stocked tank it wont be a problem likely because the nipping will be delegated out to more corals

onehundred20 · 11/03/2006, 03:29 PM

ive had that same goby hitchhiker before on a colony that I ordered from RM

raynist · 11/03/2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Serioussnaps
cool hitchhiker..however, i have read they really nip at sps polyps...if you have a highly stocked tank it wont be a problem likely because the nipping will be delegated out to more corals

I have seen him nip at the coral that he is in. It is a softball size colony so it should be ok.

I don't think it will venture out of this coral as there are a couple of fish in this tank that will make quick work of him.

raynist · 11/03/2006, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by onehundred20
ive had that same goby hitchhiker before on a colony that I ordered from RM

what happened to it?

onehundred20 · 11/04/2006, 10:03 AM

the colony was half way lost durning shipping and eventually lost thw whole thing and he was still in there for a while so i just left it but never saw him after a week or so, my grouper might have seen him trying to escape or something not to sure.

10/31/2006, 07:23 PM	#1
raynist Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,921	What kind of hitch hikers have you found on your SPS? I bought an acro a couple of days ago and got 3 acro crabs and this little goby. I will try to get a better picture, but he looks rather clear and has bright orange on his head. Only about a half inch long. --Ray

10/31/2006, 08:32 PM	#3
asmodeus SKIMMER WHORE Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posts: 1,564	I to found a red acros crab in my blue acro. some small __________________ Doesn't matter how much you have been reading, until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. Moved from the WEST to the EAST

10/31/2006, 10:00 PM	#4
OCDP Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Eh? Posts: 2,759	Well that's a neat hitchhiker. __________________ aaaaaaaannddd.......... I'm broke. Current Tank Info: 20g Mixed Reef / 130w Coralife PC's / Koralia, Seio PH's / AquaC Nano / AC50 /

10/31/2006, 07:34 PM	#2
raynist Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,921	Here is a better picture, I guess it is some kind of clown goby:

11/03/2006, 03:26 PM	#5
Serioussnaps Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,703	cool hitchhiker..however, i have read they really nip at sps polyps...if you have a highly stocked tank it wont be a problem likely because the nipping will be delegated out to more corals

11/03/2006, 03:29 PM	#6
onehundred20 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 826	ive had that same goby hitchhiker before on a colony that I ordered from RM

11/04/2006, 10:03 AM	#9
onehundred20 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 826	the colony was half way lost durning shipping and eventually lost thw whole thing and he was still in there for a while so i just left it but never saw him after a week or so, my grouper might have seen him trying to escape or something not to sure.