Need ID on a worm

JamesHolt · 08/30/2016, 11:16 PM

I had 2 of these pop out after a feeding, while I was stirring up the tank for WC..

Any ideas??

SeaCucumberFan · 08/31/2016, 01:04 AM

I had that too! I completely freaked out and it went into the powerhead and disintegrated. I thought they were some kind of eggs/sperm but I'm not sure.

JamesHolt · 08/31/2016, 01:30 AM

Not eggs, it is alive and swims against the current..

eastlake · 08/31/2016, 06:26 AM

If you could catch it to look at the head if it comes out and swims again to see if it has the 5 tentacles, might be a species of eunicid worm. I say that because I've seen them swim like that before, not that other marine worms don't or cant swim like that, just my observation and 2 cents.

Dkuhlmann · 08/31/2016, 03:41 PM

I'm thinking it's an Epitoke

C.Eymann · 08/31/2016, 04:03 PM

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

SeaCucumberFan · 08/31/2016, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by C.Eymann

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

Hmmm... ok, so why did it disintegrate into a giant cloud when literally one end touched the powerhead?

JamesHolt · 08/31/2016, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by C.Eymann

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

If it is,, it looks to be a bad boy

JamesHolt · 08/31/2016, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaCucumberFan

Hmmm... ok, so why did it disintegrate into a giant cloud when literally one end touched the powerhead?

Cause powerhead = food processor..

You just didn't see it get pulled in....

C.Eymann · 08/31/2016, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesHolt

If it is,, it looks to be a bad boy

Geeze that is savage, I think there are two groups one that is predatory that actually has a venomous prohibiscus and the other scavengers type that lacks the weapon, forget the two different types, but pretty sure that's right.

JamesHolt · 08/31/2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by C.Eymann

Geeze that is savage, I think there are two groups one that is predatory that actually has a venomous prohibiscus and the other scavengers type that lacks the weapon, forget the two different types, but pretty sure that's right.

If they come out again they are getting the net...

C.Eymann · 08/31/2016, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesHolt

If they come out again they are getting the net...

Better safe than sorry I guess.

08/30/2016, 11:16 PM	#1
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	Need ID on a worm I had 2 of these pop out after a feeding, while I was stirring up the tank for WC.. Any ideas?? __________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

08/31/2016, 01:30 AM	#3
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	Not eggs, it is alive and swims against the current.. __________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

08/31/2016, 03:41 PM	#5
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	I'm thinking it's an Epitoke __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

08/31/2016, 04:03 PM	#6
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

08/31/2016, 01:04 AM	#2
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	I had that too! I completely freaked out and it went into the powerhead and disintegrated. I thought they were some kind of eggs/sperm but I'm not sure.

08/31/2016, 06:26 AM	#4
eastlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: willoughby Posts: 648	If you could catch it to look at the head if it comes out and swims again to see if it has the 5 tentacles, might be a species of eunicid worm. I say that because I've seen them swim like that before, not that other marine worms don't or cant swim like that, just my observation and 2 cents.