What the heck is this????????

deep6er · 05/08/2009, 08:31 PM

I found this in my filter sock today.

its black and moves like a centipede. and about 8" long

skippy2 · 05/08/2009, 08:53 PM

With those antenna, it looks like a eunicid worm. Bad for the tank. Good thing you found it.

widmer · 05/08/2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by skippy2
With those antenna, it looks like a eunicid worm. Bad for the tank. Good thing you found it.

Almost entirely correct statement. Just change the word "bad" to "good" and you're set.

ludnix · 05/08/2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by widmer
Almost entirely correct statement. Just change the word "bad" to "good" and you're set.

Eunicid worms are not good for a reef tank.

http://oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

nebraskareef · 05/08/2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by widmer
Almost entirely correct statement. Just change the word "bad" to "good" and you're set.

Cadu · 05/08/2009, 09:58 PM

Yes, as said. Not good for a reef tank.

MarineGirl411 · 05/08/2009, 10:01 PM

Man you are so lucky!!!! Good thing it got caught in there!

widmer · 05/08/2009, 10:03 PM

Well to be honest I speak from zero experience with them. But I do feel like I've seen countless board members who have said the eunicids are welcome citizens. But o well.

deep6er · 05/08/2009, 10:46 PM

what can they do?

spleify · 05/08/2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by deep6er
what can they do?

Get big!!

mnballard · 05/08/2009, 11:23 PM

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Get big!!

That's nasty!

deep6er · 05/08/2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by mnballard
That's nasty!

yes it is.

Thanks everyone for your fast responce.
Anyone want a eunicid worm. $10 OBO LOL

TellyFish · 05/08/2009, 11:42 PM

They are in fact, generally a threat to iverts. DO NOT put that thing back in your tank.

I spent the better part of 2 years hunting down a modest sized eunicid invader who had decimated my aquarium livestock. I ended up tracking him to his source rock and tearing the whole reef down so I could pull out the rock. I broke the rock into pieces to verify he was in there and threw the whole thing out to be sure.

spleify · 05/08/2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by mnballard
That's nasty!

BLKTANG · 05/09/2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by spleify
Get big!!

Dammm i catch 30lb fish on 20lb line.

eferna · 05/09/2009, 12:13 AM

could this also be one of it?

pagojoe · 05/09/2009, 02:02 AM

Eunicids usually aren't good in tanks, especially after they get fairly large. Their diet expands to include...just about everything, it seems. Eferna's isn't another one in hiding, even though it looks like it. That's one of the web-casting worm snails, a Serpulorbis species, I think, and should be harmless beyond the webs being something of a nuisance.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...b&fr=yfp-t-501

Cheers,

Don

Tangweed · 05/09/2009, 04:10 AM

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Originally posted by spleify
Get big!!

eferna · 05/09/2009, 09:22 AM

thanks pagojoe, I was about to chuck that thing out until you told me, but yeah they got these stringy things that collect crap.

05/08/2009, 08:31 PM	#1
deep6er Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: B.C Posts: 691	What the heck is this???????? I found this in my filter sock today. its black and moves like a centipede. and about 8" long

05/08/2009, 08:53 PM	#2
skippy2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 3,205	With those antenna, it looks like a eunicid worm. Bad for the tank. Good thing you found it. __________________ Peggy Current Tank Info: no tank

05/08/2009, 10:01 PM	#7
MarineGirl411 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,583	Man you are so lucky!!!! Good thing it got caught in there! __________________ I am a reefaholic and there is no cure. =) Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef, Cardiff Nano Seahorse tank.

05/08/2009, 11:42 PM	#13
TellyFish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago 60607 Posts: 1,130	They are in fact, generally a threat to iverts. DO NOT put that thing back in your tank. I spent the better part of 2 years hunting down a modest sized eunicid invader who had decimated my aquarium livestock. I ended up tracking him to his source rock and tearing the whole reef down so I could pull out the rock. I broke the rock into pieces to verify he was in there and threw the whole thing out to be sure. __________________ ...and life spirals into astonishing diversity. Current Tank Info: Hawaiian inspired 109g Miracles Rimless - 100g Prop Tank - 300g total system volume

05/08/2009, 09:58 PM	#6
Cadu Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lithia, FL Posts: 311	Yes, as said. Not good for a reef tank.

05/08/2009, 10:03 PM	#8
widmer Drug Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 2,958	Well to be honest I speak from zero experience with them. But I do feel like I've seen countless board members who have said the eunicids are welcome citizens. But o well.

05/08/2009, 10:46 PM	#9
deep6er Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: B.C Posts: 691	what can they do?

05/09/2009, 12:13 AM	#16
eferna Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 283	could this also be one of it?

05/09/2009, 02:02 AM	#17
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Eunicids usually aren't good in tanks, especially after they get fairly large. Their diet expands to include...just about everything, it seems. Eferna's isn't another one in hiding, even though it looks like it. That's one of the web-casting worm snails, a Serpulorbis species, I think, and should be harmless beyond the webs being something of a nuisance. http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...b&fr=yfp-t-501 Cheers, Don

05/09/2009, 09:22 AM	#19
eferna Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 283	thanks pagojoe, I was about to chuck that thing out until you told me, but yeah they got these stringy things that collect crap.