Hitchhiker ID

[Shilpan]

hey guys, had these two things on one of my GSP pieces. Any ideas what it is?

Two long white strings maybe 1-2cm long, with a tiny 0.5mm head of tentacles on the top.

 

[deejeff0442]

No idea. if you don't know get them out. jeez I got 40 sps straight from Fiji had 2 crabs as hitchhikers . you seem to have a bunch

 

[Shilpan]

Thanks
Hmm I see, sounds like maybe I need to try going another local fish store then.

 

[deejeff0442]

You got all the critters at a store? lol yea time for a new store.
My local places dip all thier corals.

 

[Shilpan]

Yup! Oh well not my usual store, they have clean tanks and stuff. Basically we only have 3 stores here. 2 are the same company but they only stock 10-15 corals at any one time max.

This new place has like 40-50 frags all for sale which is awesome, but their tanks aren't as clean. So it's been hard getting corals we want here since our industry is so all. Henceforth my extremely aggressive freshwater dip and iodine reef dip and observation and manual removal.

But yeah guess I'll just wait for shipments at my local store. They get a few new corals every 2-3 months.

 

[deejeff0442]

Can't the good store order.what you want?

 

[Shilpan]

Unfortunately no, the companies which import to New Zealand only give us second picks.

So the bigger countries like America get first choice, and then we get what's leftover on the list.

So every 2 months when a new order is about to be placed I go to the store now and see what specimens the importer has available for us

 

[Shilpan]

However I agree with you, I should just be patient and buy from the good store. Save me more hassle in the long run.

First time I thought I would try this other store out.