Hitchhikers guide for reef tanks

[mjl0320]

I just joined the site today, so i'm still learning about all the different aspects of keeping a reef tank. This thread has been really helpful! Thanks so much. :thumbs:

 

[elite]

yes this thread is very helpful i'll be looking out for this in my tank

 

[josh42]

Great post

 

[josh42]

Can anyone ID this thing that was swimming around my tank?

 

[dg13]

Great thread! Very helpful.

 

[elite]

This morning when I turned on the light on the aquarium I saw a small criter ran back into the rock I didn't get a good look at it I took the rock out but can't find that hitchhiker.

 

[lovejc03]

<u>Parasitic Isopod or Creoland Isopod

</u>Oh my.. those are creepy.. in the fish mouths! Eek! Do alot of these parasites & creatures come on live rock? How do you know if you have them? If you have them, how do you get rid of them?

 

[containerman1]

Thanks for the great pics and info I use this as a reference alot

 

[waya1974]

we just started cycling out tank on monday I was thrilled to see the little brown guy in there but at last he is an <u>Aiptasia</u> and has met an untimely death sigh shame nature didn't make him something useful

 

[heathlindner25]

I didn't see codium(macro algae) in the list?

 

[tiffany89]

Great Post!

 

[dylan j_]

Just want to put this out there the "mysis" shrimp you have listed are really "mysid" shrimp. Mysis shrimp are fresh water while mysid shrimp are saltwater and smaller

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[newjack]

ok i have a couple that no one has been able to tell me what these HKs are. Any ideas?

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This one contracts when it is agitated or dark.

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[wannabeeareefkeeper]

mikeup6;174992 wrote: Great post!

+1 on what he said. I really like the "Other interests" message from the original post.

Wannabee

 

[jrhunter0000]

Awesome write up needs updating.

 

[Givmeanf]

The pictures are disappearing!

 

[york1]

The pictures are disappearing!

That will happen when the thread is as old as this one

 

[PJs_Bucket_List]

Help! I'm a newbie to the hobby and this would be incredibly helpful information for me, but I can't see the pictures for some reason. Other pictures on the site are visible, no problem, but not these. Any suggestions/ideas?

 

[york1]

Help! I'm a newbie to the hobby and this would be incredibly helpful information for me, but I can't see the pictures for some reason. Other pictures on the site are visible, no problem, but not these. Any suggest

It is probably because this thread is from 2008

 

[chaples55]

Not sure if our forum has an up to date thread but here are some alternative resources:

Guide to Common Hitchhikers in Reef Tanks

Guide to Common Hitchhikers in Reef Tanks by @A Young reefer The purpose of this thread is to hopefully assist hobbyists in obtaining the correct id and method of treatment to common hitchhikers. Both; the good ones and the bad ones. 1)...

www.reef2reef.com

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

Lots of overlap in those lists but there are some unique to each