View Full Version : 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
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/90957hitch_hiker_goby-med.JPG
raynist
10/31/2006, 07:34 PM
Here is a better picture, I guess it is some kind of clown goby:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/90957hitch_hiker_goby2.JPG
asmodeus
10/31/2006, 08:32 PM
I to found a red acros crab in my blue acro. some small
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
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8473478#post8473478 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> 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
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8473496#post8473496 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> 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.
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