SeaSnake? Eel? Something else? - Page 2

viper12775 · 10/17/2014, 09:17 AM

yup you have a ribbon cool critter I would set a tank up for it myself lol

Nina51 · 10/17/2014, 01:02 PM

wow!! that's just creepy and cool!

Timfish · 10/17/2014, 05:18 PM

Cool! I was going to vote a Ceti Alpha V Sand Eel.

supra400hptt · 10/17/2014, 10:17 PM

Wiki has some good info on this worm. Apparently one variety gets up to 177 feet long that someone found. Might need a bigger tank to keep it in, lol.

SM2444 · 11/01/2014, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by fishhuman

Either impressive photoshop skills or a weird critter. Does it have eyes, have you seen how it moves?

Yeah - I've seen him move. Unlike a seasnake, he's quite slowly - sways around 2 inches of his body through the current - the remainder is hidden in holes within the live rock. Have read that he may have come into the tank as larvae hidden in rock, and has grown from there. I now have around 8 dead snails all in the same place - only one type of snail. I do have 2x live Cowrie's - I'm worried for them as I did have one very early in the piece and he suddenly died and got totally eaten out of his shell. The rock where I suspect my ribbon worm lives is at the very bottom of my tank and to dismantle it is one helluva job. One I'll have to do though...

Betta132 · 11/01/2014, 02:13 AM

Keep it! Maybe put him in his own tank and try to offer him chunks of meat? He's really cool, and it would be a shame to kill something that awesome. Or, if you don't want to keep it, see if anyone on here wants it.
I bet you can lure him out. Put a snail just out of reach. Don't just grab and yank, though, he might break off. Wait for him to get out as far as you can and then try to scoop him out.

Whiterabbitrage · 11/01/2014, 03:38 AM

Hope you don't kill it. It's so rare to see one. Give it to LFS or sell it. Someone would be happy to have it for sure.

SM2444 · 11/22/2014, 06:42 AM

Hi again... well, it's mid November and finally I've managed to capture this thing. And he's alive! He's definately a Notospermus Tricuspidatus - a voracious predator that managed to kill 3 cowrie's and 11 snails in a few short months. He'd been active at night, with occasional visits during daylight hours. I isolated the rock he lived in, submerged it in town water in the kitchen sink (facing downwards so that exposure to light was less) and after around 10 minutes, approx. 15cm of worm hung limp outside the rock. With gloves I then gently pulled the rest of him out - he measured 70cm. Not long after I popped him into a saltwater jar, approx. 20cm of his tail segmented off, which then segmented into approx. 12 little baby worms some 12 hours later. I regularly flushed his "prison jar" with new saltwater and each time I did so, he oozed a milky white fluid from his tail which smelled unbelievably vile - I imagine this might have been his defence mechanism - perhaps a toxin? He's now safely delivered to our local aquarist who heads our technical college's Marine Studies Centre. What an experience! Thank you to this online community - you've been wonderful

Jimmer12 · 11/22/2014, 08:15 AM

Wow what a freaky thing to find.

skippy2 · 11/22/2014, 09:57 AM

That would freak me out. Cool though

Kenzo0 · 11/22/2014, 10:30 AM

Ewwww! That's creeepy and cool at the same time! Now on I have to be extra careful when I buy stuff! who knows an octopus might come hidden in a rock camouflaged. That's will be my worst nightmare come true! The only thing that came hitch hiking with one of my orders is a brittle starfish.That thing was super creepy and I had to kill it. Who knows my tank is right beside my bed in my room I don't want that thing crawling on me.

10/17/2014, 01:02 PM	#27
Nina51 biggliest cofveve champ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert Posts: 3,506	wow!! that's just creepy and cool! __________________ of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!!

10/17/2014, 05:18 PM	#28
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	Cool! I was going to vote a Ceti Alpha V Sand Eel. __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

11/01/2014, 02:13 AM	#31
Betta132 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,239	Keep it! Maybe put him in his own tank and try to offer him chunks of meat? He's really cool, and it would be a shame to kill something that awesome. Or, if you don't want to keep it, see if anyone on here wants it. I bet you can lure him out. Put a snail just out of reach. Don't just grab and yank, though, he might break off. Wait for him to get out as far as you can and then try to scoop him out. __________________ When you put an animal of any kind in a situation where it can no longer fend for itself, such as an aquarium, it's your job to care for it to the best of your ability. It's that simple.

11/01/2014, 03:38 AM	#32
Whiterabbitrage Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,338 Blog Entries: 1	Hope you don't kill it. It's so rare to see one. Give it to LFS or sell it. Someone would be happy to have it for sure. __________________ ~Morgan Current Tank Info: 150 gall, 30 gall sump; 30 gall refugium

11/22/2014, 09:57 AM	#35
skippy2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 3,205	That would freak me out. Cool though __________________ Peggy Current Tank Info: no tank

10/17/2014, 09:17 AM	#26
viper12775 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: clearwater fl Posts: 1,151	yup you have a ribbon cool critter I would set a tank up for it myself lol

10/17/2014, 10:17 PM	#29
supra400hptt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 295	Wiki has some good info on this worm. Apparently one variety gets up to 177 feet long that someone found. Might need a bigger tank to keep it in, lol.

11/22/2014, 08:15 AM	#34
Jimmer12 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 188	Wow what a freaky thing to find.

11/22/2014, 10:30 AM	#36
Kenzo0 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New York Posts: 34	Ewwww! That's creeepy and cool at the same time! Now on I have to be extra careful when I buy stuff! who knows an octopus might come hidden in a rock camouflaged. That's will be my worst nightmare come true! The only thing that came hitch hiking with one of my orders is a brittle starfish.That thing was super creepy and I had to kill it. Who knows my tank is right beside my bed in my room I don't want that thing crawling on me.