Worm ? Bad ?
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Topic: Worm ? Bad ?
Posted By: Tony
Subject: Worm ? Bad ?
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 5:27pm
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Not sure where to post this so I will try here as well...
Cannot get a picture they are to small for the camera to pick-up.....
I was looking at my Live Rock earlier and noticed something funny / strange. Crawling along it (or out of it in another case) was what looks like a worm of some sort...
It looks like angel hair pasta - Thin and white / clear - It has one end tucked into a crevace in the rock and is streatching with it's other end (assuming the mouth end) - It seems to be eating (or at least streatching - FORGIVE MY SPELLING - thinking not typing... towards my green hair algae) maybe even eating it...
There are a few of them, they are various sizes - a couple are even sliding across the rock, not tucked in .....
With this poor description anyone have any idea ? I'd rather not have to kill them as they are part of the eco-system - But if they are bad I need to know so I can possibly try and control them..
Any help would be great.... Thanks in advance
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Posted By: Angel
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 9:55pm
A picture is worth 750 words  ------------- Connie Tooele |
Posted By: Kevin F
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 10:31pm
 Was it dinner time or something when you posted this.  Look up a spagetti worm. ------------- The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. Albert Einstein |
Tony wrote:Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: June 29 2006 at 1:30pm
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There is a worm called a spagetti worm. Does it have a lot of tentacle coming from one spot? These worms have really thin, but long tentacles that wander out of its hole to find food.
They are a good thing in your aquarium. They feed on detritus and leftover food.
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