COCO WORM FELL OUT! LOOK
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Topic: COCO WORM FELL OUT! LOOK
Posted By: flyfishutahtrout
Subject: COCO WORM FELL OUT! LOOK
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 6:38pm
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I noticed the last couple of days that my coco worm has not come out. I started looking around and found out that he tried to commit suicide. He fell out of his tube. I had to tear down my tank to get him. I was able to grab him and put him back into his tube. It is one of the most odd looking things I have ever seen. I took a picture and thought everyone would like to see what they really look like.  |
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Posted By: davser
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 6:54pm
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that looks cool and creepy at the same time you should try moving it somewhere else he might not like the spot where he is at. ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 7:41pm
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Not sure if I should condone this or not.....
but once a worm is out of his tube you can sometimes get them to live in a piece of clear vinyl tubing.... allowing you to watch him and see him all the time.
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: flyfishutahtrout
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 8:13pm
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That would be way cool. If he falls out again I am going to try that. Chase
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 8:21pm
| that is cool. hopefully this does not happen again |
Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 10:45am
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I have had tube worms come out of the tubes in bags from the LFS. I gently replace them and with careful acclimation, they survive.
I've never tried the vinyl tube method - might be pretty cool to see the ugly side as well as the pretty side!
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Posted By: sublime
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 12:06pm
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Hm, I am curious, wouldn't the casing that they build for themselves regenerate? It would seem to me that the "tube" part is something they construct. My tube worm cements itself to a rock using this casing. I ripped if off a rock a few months ago because it had moved itself where I could not see it. After I learned what they like, I pulled it off the rock and moved it to a nice spot in the front in the sand next to a rock, with in a few days it was cemented to the rock and within a few weeks it had positioned itself so the current was where it liked it. Brandon |