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03/15/2007, 01:47 AM
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What was this.... ?
i moved a rock in my tank a few minutes ago and when i moved it there were ALOT of little catipillar lookin' worms... they were black and they had bright orange fuzzy hair on them.... some were itty bitty tiny and some were bigger... none of them were more than an inch long... then they all disappeared into the sand... what are they????!!!
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03/15/2007, 02:05 AM
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anybody think it could possibly be christmas tree worms.... kinda looks like that
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03/15/2007, 02:11 AM
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sounds like small bristleworms.
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03/15/2007, 02:13 AM
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i looked up pics of bristleworms and these things didnt look nuthin like those.... i dunno... they were wierd though... lol
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03/15/2007, 02:27 AM
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Can you get a pic of them? Really hard to say by the description alone.
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03/15/2007, 02:28 AM
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i would have got a pic of them.... but they burrowed down into the sand before i could even think to get my camera... they were gone pretty fast lol
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03/15/2007, 02:36 AM
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maybe they were sinister bristle worms cloaked in black... careful.
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03/15/2007, 06:22 AM
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Can pretty much rule out the Christmans Tree Worms, as those usually live within Porite corals.
Bristleworm sounds like a good possibility.
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03/15/2007, 06:25 AM
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03/15/2007, 11:24 AM
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Doesn't sound at all like bristleworms, not black with orange fuzzies. tnjones - would you consider digging some up, putting them in a dish (with water so the parts look normal) and photographing them? I'd love to figure out what they are.
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03/15/2007, 11:38 AM
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just grab one with your bare hands... if it stings.... it's a bristle worm... if it doesn't, put it in a jar of water like LeslieH says..
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03/15/2007, 12:13 PM
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