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Posted: December 31 2006 at 2:39am |
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This post is similar to the guy talking about the black crab. My snails started getting greased, and a certain rock started accumulating the loose shells and nearby small rocks. I staked it out tonight, and found a pretty massive nasty looking worm. Probably 5-6 inches long and a quarter inch wide. It looks almost metallic on the top...and kind of like a centipede with many legs on the side and thick feelers on the head. It's extra creepy looking and I also spied him dropping greenish blobs that could be eggs or excrement onto the nearby sand. Any help is greatly appreciated! We have a mason jar tipped in with food as suggested with the crab thing. So far he hasn't taken to it.
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 11:24am |
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 4:00pm |
Thanks for the link. That thread was entertaining and enlightening. I can see the worm may not be a 'huge' issue. But he is still eating my snails which irks me to no end, because I am starting to have a small algae issue. Anyone have a 16 inch coral banded that could take this guy down? :) Anyone elses take on the situation?
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 10:00pm |
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I have not heard of bristle worms eating live snails. Snail mortality is very common so the worm may not be killing them. It may be coincidental that the shells and the worm are together.
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 6:04pm |
The jar will not catch a worm. Worms can stretch up and crawl out. It also sounds like this may not be a Bristleworm. Did you read the Bristleworm thread Will linked to in that "entertaining" thread. Can you recognize a Bristleworm?
Have you seen the worm actually grab a live snail and start eating?
Do you have any Tulle/Bridal Veil material?
If algae is starting to grow more, cut way back on feeding and lighting until you have caught and removed the worm. Then add more snails and hermits.
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 1:03am |
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We took a bit more, how do you say, direct approach. Took the rock out for a minute and soaked it in freshwater. Two huge worms dropped out, one looking like a male (about 9 inches) and one female (12 inches). Will post pics in a minute. I guess they could be bristleworms, but none like the ones I have seen in the past. And actually, I never did see it with snail in mouth cause they only came out at night....but my snail mortality was much higher than usual....which could be a coincidence I know. I did cut back on feeding, I like feeding too much. It leads to fat, happy fish. Any I.D. for these worms? Pics posted momentarily.
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 1:35am |
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 10:01am |
Sorry, I don't have an ID, but that is not the standard bristleworm as we know it. I would not be surprised if that is a predatory worm.
I sure hope there are not more in your tank.
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 10:20am |
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wow those look creepy!
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 11:08am |
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Nice pic!
Yeh that's not a standard bristleworm for sure. The worm debate wars on!
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 11:35am |
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I am not doubting the resources we have on this board, but LeslieH on reef central really seems to know her worms. You might post this over there and see if she can help.
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 12:58pm |
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Seems similar to the one on Steve Weast's website... He had a monster worm...
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 10:25pm |
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I think I have seen those in a book I have. Do they have lots of legs more like millipedes? Or are those more like feelers on the sides?
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Posted: January 02 2007 at 11:05pm |
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Great picture, thanks for sharing it with us. I am glad you were able to remove it from your tank!
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Posted: January 03 2007 at 12:29am |
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They were fairly short, and I thought they were more like little legs...so millipedes. What are they?
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Posted: January 03 2007 at 7:16am |
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Wow that's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: January 27 2007 at 11:53pm |
I just read your thread and saw your "little"worm. I have more information on your little worm that might just scare the crap out of you. This little worm can grow well over 7 ft and wreck havoc in your tank. I battled mine and won and luckily haven't had any sign of others, but if your rock is from Fiji.. well.. look out. Your worm is called and eunicid worm.
It took me awhile to finally figure out what it was and get more info on it. Follow the link and you will get a lot of valuable info. I actually contacted the guy in Oregon that had the 7ft worm. Here is a copy of the email that he sent back to answer some of my questions. checkl out the abc.net link that I provided at the end of the link. Its quite a striking photo of your worm all grown up in action. Good luck.
Copy of return email from "The worm incident" guy in oregon
1) These worms usually come in on Fiji liverock.
2) they are very good at hiding within the rock.....huge worms can develop unnoticed even in small tanks. They are nocturnal.
3) I recently pulled another one out since I was losing livestock again....this one was only 5 feet long though.
4) they reproduce through eggs/sperm that are located in the tail. When the time is right, the last foot or so of the tail breaks off and swims for the surface where it releases its cargo. Local Fijians consider these tail sections good eats.
5) I often see many small 5 inch long worms in the bottom of the Fiji liverock boxes at my LFS.
7) If you have liverock from Fiji, you probably have these worms
8) they have no predators.
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Posted: January 28 2007 at 8:31am |
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Posted: January 28 2007 at 9:41am |
 Suzy wrote:
Where is Boomer? |
I was wondering the same thing.
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