crazy yellow snail eatin worm

alans22 · 02/01/2006, 12:52 PM

oh the year of pest...truly the apocalypse is nigh. so when my moonlight came on in the morning i saw a yellow worm, kinda similar to a bristle worm, eating one of my turbo snails in a ball of mucus. I stupidly tried to catch it before taking a picture. So i'm aware that bristle worms will eat snails in this manner but this is unlike any bristle worm ive ever seen. It was a pale/neon (i know it doesnt make sense) pukish sorta color with centipede type arms, and know visible bristles. This bastard must die, snails are expensive, and im taking this personal. Is a 6 line wrasse my only solution. i love the fish but i have two citron clown gobys in a a 30 gallon (and wish for them to spawn) and im afraid that a wrasse might be too mean. any comments or experience welcome.

dc · 02/01/2006, 01:30 PM

It may possibly just cleaning up after a dead snail.

bertoni · 02/01/2006, 05:25 PM

How big was the worm? It might be able to eat the fish, if it's a predator. A picture would really help.

It's also possible that the snail was already dead, but the ball of mucus tends to make me think predator, although not necessarily the worm.

You could ask in the invertebrate forum.

02/01/2006, 12:52 PM	#1
alans22 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: texas Posts: 42	crazy yellow snail eatin worm oh the year of pest...truly the apocalypse is nigh. so when my moonlight came on in the morning i saw a yellow worm, kinda similar to a bristle worm, eating one of my turbo snails in a ball of mucus. I stupidly tried to catch it before taking a picture. So i'm aware that bristle worms will eat snails in this manner but this is unlike any bristle worm ive ever seen. It was a pale/neon (i know it doesnt make sense) pukish sorta color with centipede type arms, and know visible bristles. This bastard must die, snails are expensive, and im taking this personal. Is a 6 line wrasse my only solution. i love the fish but i have two citron clown gobys in a a 30 gallon (and wish for them to spawn) and im afraid that a wrasse might be too mean. any comments or experience welcome.

02/01/2006, 01:30 PM	#2
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	It may possibly just cleaning up after a dead snail. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

02/01/2006, 05:25 PM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	How big was the worm? It might be able to eat the fish, if it's a predator. A picture would really help. It's also possible that the snail was already dead, but the ball of mucus tends to make me think predator, although not necessarily the worm. You could ask in the invertebrate forum. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni