worms!?!?!?
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Topic: worms!?!?!?
Posted By: rwgoose
Subject: worms!?!?!?
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 1:05pm
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so i found these two worms in my tank.. they are huge!! are they flat worms?? or?? ------------- getting fishy?? 8016348673 |
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Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 1:06pm
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Flat worms are orange and look like Meseals. ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: rwgoose
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 1:08pm
------------- getting fishy?? 8016348673 |
Posted By: rwgoose
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 1:09pm
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pic sucks but thats the guy ------------- getting fishy?? 8016348673 |
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 2:22pm
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Bristleworm? Those guys creep me out. Make sure they stay away from your corals esp zoas as they may eat them if there isn't enough food for them. ------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 6:26pm
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That does not look like a bristle worm. I dunno. ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: July 08 2012 at 8:57pm
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Doesn't look like a bristle to me either... I can't think of the name of the ones that are huge ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: rwgoose
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 6:29am
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so besides what they are, does anyone know if they are harmful or are they ok?? ------------- getting fishy?? 8016348673 |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 12:34pm
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need to what they are first to know what they do. ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 6:05pm
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Unless i see an organism causing trouble, I usually don't remove it. That looks like a large green Bristleworm similar to one that I had some experience with. It wasn't causing any trouble, not eating coral that I could tell, but I decided to remove it just the same. The easiest way to catch Bristleworms is with the Bridal Veil Trap. 1- Buy a piece of Tulle material for just pennies at the Fabric store. 2- Wrap up a cube of frozen meaty food or a piece of raw shrimp in the Bridal Veil/Tulle. 3- Using a length of fishing line or thread, tie the material loosely but so it cannot come apart and set it down into the tank near the area where the Bristleworm has been seen living. 4- Make the leader long enough to have the end out of the tank, so that when the mob of Bristleworms has become entangled in the material trying to get to the food, the whole thing can be pulled out of the tank and tossed in the garbage. Since the green Bristleworm is so large, I'd buy two different mesh sizes of Tulle. If one doesn't work, the other will. (There are many uses for Tulle material in this hobby.) Bristleworms have to be able squeeze through the mesh so that when you pull it out they can't quickly escape. Also works best at night, but don't wait too long or they will devour the bait and leave.   ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Molli
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 6:38pm
| OMG Mark, I'd freak out if I had worms that looked like that in my tank! |
Posted By: rwgoose
Date Posted: July 09 2012 at 6:40pm
thanks Mark.. i will be worm fishing soon!!  ------------- getting fishy?? 8016348673 |