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03/24/2006, 10:29 PM
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Identify this swimming worm..
This guy comes out when my main actinic goes out and I only have two LEDs running. The LEDs light him up and I can watch him swim all over the tank. I finally got a photo of him stuck to the glass. He is about 3/4" long and 2mm wide.
When I scuba dive at night I see things like this all the time near the surface under my flashlight. Does anyone know what they are called? Should I get him out of my tank? BTW: I don't have any fish in my tank as I am curing LR.  
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03/24/2006, 11:08 PM
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i think its a bristle worm....harmless when that small
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03/25/2006, 12:32 AM
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Looks like a type of bristle worm. Appears to be harmless like str8clownr wrote.
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03/25/2006, 12:55 AM
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Either a bristle worm or a polycheate (sp).
I have one of those in my tank and everyone insisted it was a bristleworm when I knew it wasn't. Someone finally mentioned the polycheate and i googled it and confirmed that it was indeed it. Stewie |
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03/25/2006, 12:58 AM
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If it's the swimming type, they're like marine fireflies, they'll emit little glows as mating calls.
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03/25/2006, 10:38 AM
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if its free swimming its probably a Epitoke. these are free swimming sexually mature bristle worms basicly looking to mate. do a google on them.
stewie24 polychaete covers all kinds of worms with hairs/bristles
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03/25/2006, 06:46 PM
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It's the epitoke phase of a polychaete in the family Syllidae. Epitokes occur in a number of other polychaete families as well. This type will probably die after it releases the eggs or sperm into the water; some can return to the bottom to continue living.
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03/25/2006, 07:11 PM
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I'm glad they're not predatory. Can you imagine working on your tank, then suddenly they swim to your arm and start diggin in? *shivers*
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03/25/2006, 08:16 PM
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Thanks for clearing this up for me  It was late last night and I must have been off in never never land.. lol Stewie |
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