My new hitchhikers

[Dean]

Can anyone ID what type of pipefish is in the first picture. And what in the world is the neat little creature in the second picture?

[Dean]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/11/8apeququ.jpg

[Dean]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/11/pa5enyse.jpg

[Dean]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/11/8yhupu3a.jpg

[Scutterborn]

No idea on the second pic. It looks really interesting though! Really cool, I hope!


-Ben-

[Dean]

I hope too! LOL it looks harmless enough but you never know

[Flyride95]

The one in the top pic looks almost like a pipefish.

[Dean]

The top one is a small pipefish. What type? It has a very short snout.

[Flyride95]

http://www.arkive.org/bend-stick-pipefish/trachyrhamphus-bicoarctatus/image-G138944.html

[Flyride95]

And the 2nd one I would look here http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html

[grouch]

I would say it's a Red Sea Spider.

[Dean]

Great links. Thanks! Its a sea spider.

[Dean]

Interesting read here. http://sydkab.wordpress.com/tag/sea-spider/

[Flyride95]

Sea spider predation or parasitism is a potential threat to all corals, soft corals, and sea anemones that are kept in aquarium. I would definitely get rid of him ASAP!