WMAS Discussion Forum : brown worms http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:16:58 +0000 Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:13:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 www.utahreefs.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2144 <![CDATA[WMAS Discussion Forum]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/1by1.gif http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ <![CDATA[brown worms : We have a club member who spent...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20642&title=brown-worms#20642 Author: Adam Blundell
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 24 2004 at 1:13pm

We have a club member who spent a good two weeks in and out of the hospital acquiring antibiotics and some serious treatment, after he was stung by his lion in his tank.  His arm was swollen and red for weeks and he claims (although I don't believe it) that it really hurt.

Maybe we could have him get on here and write.

Adam

]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:13:49 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20642&title=brown-worms#20642 <![CDATA[brown worms : I think that you use a tourniquet...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20637&title=brown-worms#20637 Author: Carl
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Posted: March 24 2004 at 12:25pm

I think that you use a tourniquet then cut the wound with a knife, suck out the poison and spit it out. I saw it on T.V.

Oh, wait, that was rattlesnakes. Never mind

]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:25:06 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20637&title=brown-worms#20637 <![CDATA[brown worms : I wonder if the local hospital...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20627&title=brown-worms#20627 Author: Shane H
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 24 2004 at 11:03am

I wonder if the local hospital stock any type of antevenom for lion fish? Is there even such a thing?]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:03:31 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20627&title=brown-worms#20627 <![CDATA[brown worms : Crazy Tarzan, not knowing how...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20520&title=brown-worms#20520 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 23 2004 at 7:37am

Crazy Tarzan, not knowing how much you were kidding there, I must advise everyone that a Lionfish "sting" is not just a sting, it's a puncture that can be as life threatening as a poisoness serpent.

The good thing is that a good amount of caution is excercised by the fish! The Lionfish avoids being touched by the stupid hobbyist that forgets where the lion is when putting their hand into the tank. I'm speaking of myself here. More than once I was working in my tank and as my hand made it's way around messing with coral and algae, I suddenly asked "Oh.. ..where's my lion?"]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:37:13 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20520&title=brown-worms#20520 <![CDATA[brown worms : Carl--I&#039;ve been thinking...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20518&title=brown-worms#20518 Author: Crazy Tarzan
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 23 2004 at 7:12am

Carl--I've been thinking about getting a dwarf lion fish for my tank....  If I do, I'm sure I'll get stung at least once, and I'll tell you what happens]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:12:21 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20518&title=brown-worms#20518 <![CDATA[brown worms : Jon - That is exactly what they...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20515&title=brown-worms#20515 Author: Tresa
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 23 2004 at 5:28am

Jon - That is exactly what they look like ! Looking at them a little closer last night - they are all over the backside of my tank - they have built mounds in the sand and they are all over the live rock! Thank you for the great picsSmile

Mark - I think the blob was just more worms huddled up together - my sea pen is coming out now so the worms werent bothering it - sometimes it gets irritated when the fish swim too close. I will definately leave everything alone! After probably 5 different locations my sea pen has finally stayed in one spot for about a month now- hopefully it is done moving - it is where I tried to put it in the first place - I guess it had to be his ideaSmile

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:28:33 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20515&title=brown-worms#20515 <![CDATA[brown worms : Mark, I couldn&#039;t have described...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20510&title=brown-worms#20510 Author: jfinch
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 22 2004 at 10:16pm

Mark, I couldn't have described 'em better.  They have a much fatter (compared to the sweeper tentacles) body with a set of thicker, shorter, nonbarred tentacles and then the really long skinny barred sweeper tentacles.  I was planning a picture, but he was pretty smooshed up by the time I got him out (I need a softer hand).

But since I've found a new "toy", here's a picture of very small bristleworm (about as thick as a straight pin and 1/4" long).

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:16:15 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20510&title=brown-worms#20510 <![CDATA[brown worms : Jon, really great pics. FYI, the...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20501&title=brown-worms#20501 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 22 2004 at 9:08pm

Jon, really great pics.
FYI, the other end of the worm reminds me of a squid, with longer tentacles of course, and can't swim but it crawls. I'll bet by the time I wrote this you have already scooped up a mound and examined a spaghetti worm.

Geofish, the "dead blob" could be sponge. What color is it and does it seem to have holes in it? Who knows which animal was there first. It's best to leave it there to do it's filtration job. The Sea Pen can move if it doesn't like that location. ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:08:37 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20501&title=brown-worms#20501 <![CDATA[brown worms : Jon, I bet that there&#039;s schloades...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20498&title=brown-worms#20498 Author: Carl
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 22 2004 at 6:34pm

Jon, I bet that there's schloades of bio in that substrate! Good for you! What a great self-sufficient ecosystem!. Sure would like a scoop of that... hint, hint! ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:34:57 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20498&title=brown-worms#20498 <![CDATA[brown worms : Geofish, do they look like this?...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2144&PID=20495&title=brown-worms#20495 Author: jfinch
Subject: 2144
Posted: March 22 2004 at 6:04pm

Geofish,  do they look like this?  Here's an extreme close-up.  Those rocks are caribsea seafloor special grade, maybe 1/16 - 1/8" in size.

 

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