Live rock hitch hiker ID please

[Robjrussell]

Hey all. I got 2 hitch hikers I've found so far- could you give me thoughts? First one looks like a zoa but don't know how it would survive in the LR tank at the LFS with no light? Second is some sort of starfish?

Should I get rid of either?

Thanks

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[AlSimmons]

The first one looks kind of like a Majano anemone and the second one is an Asterina starfish. :thumbdown

https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

[Diana A]

Oh wow...hope those are in your QT

[Robjrussell]

Oh wow...hope those are in your QT



I am 2 days in to a new tank. The LR came from my LFS (did a mix of dead/live).

I went home and searched all the rock. I found some amphipod & copepod along with a mini brittle star.

In addition I found these worms?

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170708/3a22758b3c7379beb0c744c2cbc6f783.jpg

Zooming in on this one on the left makes it look like a really small hydroid? Because it looks like it has some little feather like arms coming out? But the others don't look like that exactly.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170708/9bde85f2aabb08c551b01594e564944f.png

Will my cycle deal with these? Should I take the LR back?

Thanks for your input.


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[ca1ore]

First pic looks more like a paly than a pest anemone. Second pic is an asterina star, generally not a problem. Live rock is live. If you want to avoid pests initially go with all dry rock. Really boring if you ask me, and pests will find their way in regardless.

[mcgyvr]

yep..
probably paly (just fine)
asternia star (just fine normally)
tube worms (just fine)..

All good.. enjoy the life..


"take the live rock back" he says.. ha ha ha.. Totally normal.. you wanted live.. you get live.. that kind of stuff is all over our tanks..
All new users should browse the link Al posted above to familiarize themselves with the common hitchhikers to avoid unneeded panic in their future..

[Robjrussell]

yep..
probably paly (just fine)
asternia star (just fine normally)
tube worms (just fine)..

All good.. enjoy the life..


"take the live rock back" he says.. ha ha ha.. Totally normal.. you wanted live.. you get live.. that kind of stuff is all over our tanks..
All new users should browse the link Al posted above to familiarize themselves with the common hitchhikers to avoid unneeded panic in their future..



Didn't really panic. I was responding to a user giving me thumbs down....


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[Seahorsechick]

I'd say those starfish are pests, they do nothing helpful, multiply quickly and eat coral

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[mcgyvr]

I'd say those starfish are pests, they do nothing helpful, multiply quickly and eat coral
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Do you personally have proof of them eating coral?

[Seahorsechick]

Do you personally have proof of them eating coral?
Yes! I had a bunch come in on a large green star polyp colony and there was visible chew marks on the purple fleshy part where rock was showing through after a night of them eating

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[JonCubb]

I vote to oust the starfish. I use to have them in my tank, they multiply quickly, and were eating coraline and bothering my corals.

[madmike10000]

Kill them both


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[mcgyvr]

Some people are just overly scared/cautious IMO..
I'm a 100% see how it goes and adjust as needed..

Its never going to reach a point where your tank is going to self destruct or something because you left them be..

People be crazy...

[jda]

Kill the nem. Leave the starfish and tube worms alone.

[Rene Obergfell]

If the star fish get overpopulated get a Harliquin shrimp

[reefwars]

I'm with down them both as well nothing great coming from those imo

[CindyK]

I'm with mcgyvr...life is life. You are creating a little ecosystem! I have a few asterinas in my tank too...along with flatworms (white ones)...some strange polyp-y things....unidentified bi-valve...I could stare for hours. Although I've been known to scrape the asterinas off the glass once in a while when they get plentiful.

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[tazzy695]

Watch the polyp in the first pic if it is a manjo nem kill it still a little small to tell for sure but the multiply quickly and will kill coral

However leave the star alone i have never had trouble with them and the make free food for many things in tank

[Robjrussell]

The first one looks kind of like a Majano anemone and the second one is an Asterina starfish. :thumbdown



https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/



Do you think this method that is used for aptasia will work for the majano?

https://youtu.be/y-E9nIjBoQw


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[tazzy695]

Do you think this method that is used for aptasia will work for the majano?

https://youtu.be/y-E9nIjBoQw


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Manjo nem and aiptaisa are the same so yes it should work

[Robjrussell]

Manjo nem and aiptaisa are the same so yes it should work



Thank you. I'll try this method tonight & report back.


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[AlSimmons]

If the boiling water doesn't do the trick you could always burn the Majano anemone off with a small butane torch or a cigarette lighter. This only takes a few seconds to do.

[patiof]

i don't know if its a paly or majano (though it does look paly to me), but if its a paly, i wouldn't hit it with hot water or anything that might cause it to release toxin.