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Brewen · 05/29/2006, 08:47 AM

Wonder what it was feeding on if not the corals? Very healthy tank all grew fast n large.

GroYurOwn · 05/29/2006, 02:00 PM

yeah the five footer is amazing, but this one's just more.....gross...

ladyfsu · 05/29/2006, 05:22 PM

yeah well there were many more giants than just 1..and it didn't get any easier to see them!

I have to admit, as time has passed, I wish I had them in a separate tank with lots of uncured rock or something for them to eat. I will have giant ones again in a year or so I would imagine (I think there is still 1 more giant based on something I saw in a hole) but now that I'm past the *barf eWWWWW* stage, I want to know more.

This size worm seems to be rare...didn't eat the corals that we can tell...and may have been doing something very good like bristle worms do (I thought they were the bad fireworm...not sure now) . I'm a lover of all the detritus eaters and decomposers...the world is cleaner thanks to those gross guys...I want to know more about these fellas.

My class now has a mission

(we teachers need a focus

).

GroYurOwn · 05/30/2006, 09:24 AM

i think it would be pretty freakin cool if you were able to make a specie-specific tank for them. you could call it jurassic tank! i have always been amazed by little ones, how they move, and eat, they are kinda gross to when they get bigger, but maybe only because we arent used to seeing them that way...and, man, if that think was a dedicated detrivore....it'd be like having a freakin housekeeper in your tank! if you could really research those suckers, and make sure they are reef safe, perhaps you could breed and sell them as "detrisaurus worm" !

JRistau81 · 05/30/2006, 09:39 AM

Amazing...I wish my school had a class like that but sadly my junior and senior year will just be AP chemistry and AP physics. I can't do my favorite hobby at school...

clutch · 05/30/2006, 10:23 AM

That thing is too kool. I'd love to see it disected like a worm.... I wonder how many hearts and such organs. I can't remember when we did a worm i think it had like 8 hearts was kool thou. Srry this many many many years ago if i got the worm heart thing wrong lol.....

ladyfsu · 05/30/2006, 01:23 PM

I am going to make a tank devoted to them. I also have a tank with a couple of mantis between 1-2". Will they leave each other alone?

30mini · 05/30/2006, 01:52 PM

You need to seperate those mantids. They will not do well together, especially when they are molting. Mantis are very solitary creatures, and like being by themselves. Check out the Mantis Shrimp forum on here, and look at Roys List. That will give you all the info that you need to take care of your mantids!

GroYurOwn · 05/30/2006, 02:04 PM

yeah, its a safe bet that anything you put in with a mantis, including another mantis, is going to wind up dead.

Lpabsolute · 05/30/2006, 02:49 PM

That looks like an eel trapped in a bristle worms body.....LOL

juke · 05/31/2006, 12:43 PM

YIKES!!!!

Jovreefer · 05/31/2006, 01:40 PM

wow! how long is that thing? how about weight?

RichConley · 05/31/2006, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 30mini
You need to seperate those mantids. They will not do well together, especially when they are molting. Mantis are very solitary creatures, and like being by themselves. Check out the Mantis Shrimp forum on here, and look at Roys List. That will give you all the info that you need to take care of your mantids!

In a tank, maybe, but in the wild they have a complex social structure, and are capable of complex comunications.

ladyfsu · 05/31/2006, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jovreefer
wow! how long is that thing? how about weight?

that worm was maybe a pound? and about 20 inches long...more if I had stretched it out. at that point i was too busy trying not to faint!! lol !! now that I'm over the grossness, I wish I had paid more attention.

...and the mantis are separated at the moment due to me moving some rock for other reasons. My mantis are so cute though...I'd love to know if they could co-exist with the "tremors" worms I seem to be the caretaker of now.

GroYurOwn · 05/31/2006, 06:41 PM

you could try throwing one in with them, it sounds like you have quite a few, pick an individual to "take one for the team"

stilltryn · 05/31/2006, 08:40 PM

awsome!! keep us posted. can i join your class? lol

Firedancer718 · 05/31/2006, 10:02 PM

I'm pretty sure I'll be having nightmares tonight!

Frostyeel · 05/31/2006, 10:18 PM

Wow, not only do the kids at the school you teach at have a marine science class, but they also get a mantis tank and a monster worm tank!

Im so jealous!

RayD · 06/01/2006, 08:32 AM

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Originally posted by tkeracer619
take it to biology class and have them disect that worm. That would be a great variation from the standard frog disect.

You might find Jimmy Hoffa in there!

Paikuhan · 06/01/2006, 08:40 AM

Now I am going to have to sit here and stare at my tank and hope I don't have to pull one of those things out.

ladyfsu · 06/01/2006, 10:16 AM

Quote:

You might find Jimmy Hoffa in there!

HAHAHAHa !!!

05/29/2006, 05:22 PM	#28
ladyfsu Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pasco County, FL Posts: 1,775	yeah well there were many more giants than just 1..and it didn't get any easier to see them! I have to admit, as time has passed, I wish I had them in a separate tank with lots of uncured rock or something for them to eat. I will have giant ones again in a year or so I would imagine (I think there is still 1 more giant based on something I saw in a hole) but now that I'm past the barf eWWWWW stage, I want to know more. This size worm seems to be rare...didn't eat the corals that we can tell...and may have been doing something very good like bristle worms do (I thought they were the bad fireworm...not sure now) . I'm a lover of all the detritus eaters and decomposers...the world is cleaner thanks to those gross guys...I want to know more about these fellas. My class now has a mission (we teachers need a focus ). __________________ Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!!! Current Tank Info: 55-g at home, and lots at work

05/30/2006, 09:39 AM	#30
JRistau81 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 264	Amazing...I wish my school had a class like that but sadly my junior and senior year will just be AP chemistry and AP physics. I can't do my favorite hobby at school... __________________ I like pigs. Dogs look up to us; cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 2 Hamilton 400w 14K Metal halide, Red Sea Berlin Skimmer (Don't scoff, it works well), 150-200 lbs LR, 50 lbs LS, 100 lbs Southdown...anything else?

05/30/2006, 10:23 AM	#31
clutch Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 672	That thing is too kool. I'd love to see it disected like a worm.... I wonder how many hearts and such organs. I can't remember when we did a worm i think it had like 8 hearts was kool thou. Srry this many many many years ago if i got the worm heart thing wrong lol..... __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: In wall 240, Deltec AP851, Tunze wavebox,Geo618

05/30/2006, 01:23 PM	#32
ladyfsu Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pasco County, FL Posts: 1,775	I am going to make a tank devoted to them. I also have a tank with a couple of mantis between 1-2". Will they leave each other alone? __________________ Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!!! Current Tank Info: 55-g at home, and lots at work

05/30/2006, 01:52 PM	#33
30mini Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Oh Posts: 10,773	You need to seperate those mantids. They will not do well together, especially when they are molting. Mantis are very solitary creatures, and like being by themselves. Check out the Mantis Shrimp forum on here, and look at Roys List. That will give you all the info that you need to take care of your mantids! __________________ Click the red house for my aqua notes page. Username: guest, password: 1234 Current Tank Info: 24x24x18 SPS reef

05/29/2006, 08:47 AM	#26
Brewen Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Maria,CA Posts: 1,618	Wonder what it was feeding on if not the corals? Very healthy tank all grew fast n large.

05/29/2006, 02:00 PM	#27
GroYurOwn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 527	yeah the five footer is amazing, but this one's just more.....gross...

05/30/2006, 09:24 AM	#29
GroYurOwn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 527	i think it would be pretty freakin cool if you were able to make a specie-specific tank for them. you could call it jurassic tank! i have always been amazed by little ones, how they move, and eat, they are kinda gross to when they get bigger, but maybe only because we arent used to seeing them that way...and, man, if that think was a dedicated detrivore....it'd be like having a freakin housekeeper in your tank! if you could really research those suckers, and make sure they are reef safe, perhaps you could breed and sell them as "detrisaurus worm" !

05/30/2006, 02:04 PM	#34
GroYurOwn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 527	yeah, its a safe bet that anything you put in with a mantis, including another mantis, is going to wind up dead.

05/30/2006, 02:49 PM	#35
Lpabsolute Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Johns Island, SC Posts: 2,021	That looks like an eel trapped in a bristle worms body.....LOL __________________ "Do not float above me when I'm drowning in the abyss......float away from me.........float away" Current Tank Info: 54g Corner Reef Tank......and......5.5g Nano Reef Tank......and......20g Long Reef Tank.......and......27g Cube

05/31/2006, 12:43 PM	#36
juke Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fallbrook, Ca Posts: 36	YIKES!!!!

05/31/2006, 01:40 PM	#37
Jovreefer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In my tank Posts: 2,462	wow! how long is that thing? how about weight? __________________ Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

05/31/2006, 06:41 PM	#40
GroYurOwn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 527	you could try throwing one in with them, it sounds like you have quite a few, pick an individual to "take one for the team"

05/31/2006, 08:40 PM	#41
stilltryn Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: phila. pa. Posts: 35	awsome!! keep us posted. can i join your class? lol

05/31/2006, 10:02 PM	#42
Firedancer718 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Leominster, MA Posts: 4	I'm pretty sure I'll be having nightmares tonight!

05/31/2006, 10:18 PM	#43
Frostyeel Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 252	Wow, not only do the kids at the school you teach at have a marine science class, but they also get a mantis tank and a monster worm tank! Im so jealous! Last edited by Frostyeel; 05/31/2006 at 10:29 PM.

06/01/2006, 08:40 AM	#45
Paikuhan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 51	Now I am going to have to sit here and stare at my tank and hope I don't have to pull one of those things out.