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    Posted: January 09 2010 at 12:22pm
Just caught a vid of the tail end of this worm I've been seeing in my tank.  Sorry it's so brief, I'll try to get a better vid and still when I see him again.  Any guesses on identification?  It's about 8" - 10" long.
 
 
 
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Brissleworm. Its a good thing.
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Hmmmm ...  I'm thinking that is not a bristle worm.  I can't tell you what it is based solely on the video though.  But it doesn't seem to move like a common bristle worm.
 
 
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I agree with Shane. It does not look like a bristleworm to me.
 
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Hmm  It looks like one to me, but it sure moves fast. Is the video sped up?
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Video not sped up.  This thing is fast....when I shine the light on it, it just sits there for a few seconds, then bails into the sand or a hole in  the LR.  After reading a lot about bristleworms and looking at pics and vids over the last week or so, I'm inclined to think it's not one either.  It doesn't have the "bristly" legs like the pictures I've seen. 
 
My first guess about 10 days ago was that it might be a type of Eucinid worm.  This really freaks me out thinking about this being a possibility.
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