Live Rock Hitchhikers

[timmystood]

Sorry if this post has been done before.

I was wandering what hitchikers (inverts, fish or corals) that you have found on your Live rock? I think there should be some interestings ones out there!

 

[Matthew5664]

I've had the normal bristleworms, copeopods, amphipod, algeas, tube worms, snails, crabs, small clams, limpits, aptaisa and zooanthids.

oh and rock!

 

[SkiFletch]

dont forget isopods and dwarf brittlestars

 

[Chac]

Had all the normal culprits

But lat year, I found a nice peice of LR ( I know its only a rock) but about 2 - 3 months afterward it started sprouting Ricordia, to date I have had 6 Heads from the Main rock & they have multiplied a few times themsleves

Not a hitchhiker but saved me a fortune (Ricordia's go for between 15.00 - 40.00 + in the UK)

Did read a story on RC about a Damsel hitchhiking in some Liverock, was out the water for a good 1/2 hour & survived

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, I remember reading a story complete with pictures of somebody who had a baby octopus hitchike on his LR, lived for a couple years

 

[l337dave]

Yeah, I remember reading a story complete with pictures of somebody who had a baby octopus hitchike on his LR, lived for a couple years

I found a shark egg in mine.


yeah right

...there was a large crab that eat my peppermint shrimp tho


dave.

 

[mike_danger]

Ive had a mantis!

was in one of my first bits of LR, I kept hearing clicking, Luckilly I only had about 3 bits of LR so after doing some research I used the feshwater dip method, and he came straight out of the rock!

 

[sianeds]

I have a smallish zoa colony on a piece of my live rock...roughly 15heads.

On the rock my Xenia is on I have a 4" chiton which i'm very pleased with.

Also have a lovely Halimeda growing off another piece

 

[Mr Miagi]

I love my Stomatellids who came with a small mushroom piece of LR rubble. They since multiply and I see different ones everynow and again. I love some of my crabs that hitchhike!

 

[Ranger]

My LFS's pet hermit crab (named Herb) hitchiked onto my friends LR. After realizing that it was there, we quickly returned it to the store.

 

[Betta5]

i would have kept it

 

[Ranger]

i would have kept it

Me too, but we are friends with the people who own the shop

 

[three-fingers]

Anyone ever had a mantis shrimp thats hitch hiked on live rock?? I've been reading up about them alot recently, and the lfs I'm doing work experience has one. I think their awesome, and if i had the space and was allowed to, i would set up a tank for one .

 

[Redstratplayer1]

three-fingers the largest tank needed to keep a mantis is 10 gal

some kinds can be kept in tanks as small as 3 gal

 

[bunjiweb]

my 2 favourite hitchikers have been blue colonial tunicates in my 5Gal Nano - these were gorgeous but unfortunately died off slowely over time. The other one is a red Mythrax crab who is in my 40L tank with the mantis.

Ben