ID Please

VahanM · 07/14/2008, 09:36 AM

I found these over the weekend.

I dunno what kind of worms these are but I've got about 5 or 6. I'd like to know if they're good or bad.

I have no idea what this is. It looks like a snail without a shell but I didn't see an empty shell anywhere.

matthewscars · 07/14/2008, 09:38 AM

those are white boxes with red X's in them.

im positive!

haninja · 07/14/2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally posted by matthewscars
those are white boxes with red X's in them.

im positive!

LOL.

Aquarist007 · 07/14/2008, 10:05 AM

You might try this site for indentification

http://melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

VahanM · 07/14/2008, 10:36 AM

Thanks but I checked and neither are on there.

VahanM · 07/14/2008, 12:11 PM

Bump.

Nobody?

pagojoe · 07/14/2008, 12:47 PM

Hi VahanM,

You're just about going to have to get a photo of the head of the worm, and probably a view looking down on its back to have much chance of getting it positively identified. As for the snail thing, I'm pretty good with snails, but I can't make out any of the characteristics that might let me ID it in your pic: I don't see any spiral that would be in the spire if a snail detached from its shell, I can't tell for sure what part is the foot, I can't tell if that's a limpet-type shell on its back(?) or just something in the photo that looks like it, etc. If you can catch it and take photos from several angles in a dish, that's the best way to get something like that identified.

Cheers,

Don

Tswifty · 07/14/2008, 12:52 PM

Uh oh... looks like bad news to me... looks very familiar to the ones melev is currently hunting down in his system.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=2

VahanM · 07/14/2008, 01:16 PM

Was afraid of that...problem is this worm is underneath one of my base rocks and I discovered it while redoing my rockscape. It's very hard to get to it now as I have to take everything out again.

I just gotta hope it comes out for me to grab it.

Thanks guys.

melev · 07/14/2008, 02:04 PM

Yep, keep your eyes open. I pulled four out of my system so far, but haven't seen any since. That doesn't mean I don't have them. They look bright orange when you hit them with a flashlight at night, and retract faster than a peanut worm.

Their legs are quite different from bristles on bristleworms.

Aquarist007 · 07/14/2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by melev
Yep, keep your eyes open. I pulled four out of my system so far, but haven't seen any since. That doesn't mean I don't have them. They look bright orange when you hit them with a flashlight at night, and retract faster than a peanut worm.

Their legs are quite different from bristles on bristleworms.

any idea what they are called ?

melev · 07/14/2008, 02:59 PM

"Snail killers."

pagojoe · 07/14/2008, 04:15 PM

...and "snail food," too! Adult Conus vexillum in Samoa eat either that worm or one that looks a lot like it (iridescent red in the sunlight) almost exclusively. The ones I'm talking about are eunicids, I guess yours are too, Marc?

Cheers,

Don

melev · 07/14/2008, 04:27 PM

I'll have to find that answer for you Don.

Here you go: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic86732-11-1.aspx

07/14/2008, 09:36 AM	#1
VahanM Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 180	ID Please I found these over the weekend. I dunno what kind of worms these are but I've got about 5 or 6. I'd like to know if they're good or bad. I have no idea what this is. It looks like a snail without a shell but I didn't see an empty shell anywhere. Last edited by VahanM; 07/14/2008 at 09:47 AM.

07/14/2008, 09:38 AM	#2
matthewscars Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Astoria, NY Posts: 657	those are white boxes with red X's in them. im positive! __________________ A plane passed silently overhead, the streetlights, and the buds on the trees and the night, were still. Current Tank Info: 90g Reef/35g Sump with Foam Rock Wall. 10g Propagation Reef. 55g Goldfish Tank.

07/14/2008, 10:05 AM	#4
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	You might try this site for indentification http://melevsreef.com/id/pods.html __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/14/2008, 12:52 PM	#8
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	Uh oh... looks like bad news to me... looks very familiar to the ones melev is currently hunting down in his system. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=2 __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/14/2008, 10:36 AM	#5
VahanM Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 180	Thanks but I checked and neither are on there.

07/14/2008, 12:11 PM	#6
VahanM Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 180	Bump. Nobody?

07/14/2008, 12:47 PM	#7
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Hi VahanM, You're just about going to have to get a photo of the head of the worm, and probably a view looking down on its back to have much chance of getting it positively identified. As for the snail thing, I'm pretty good with snails, but I can't make out any of the characteristics that might let me ID it in your pic: I don't see any spiral that would be in the spire if a snail detached from its shell, I can't tell for sure what part is the foot, I can't tell if that's a limpet-type shell on its back(?) or just something in the photo that looks like it, etc. If you can catch it and take photos from several angles in a dish, that's the best way to get something like that identified. Cheers, Don

07/14/2008, 01:16 PM	#9
VahanM Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 180	Was afraid of that...problem is this worm is underneath one of my base rocks and I discovered it while redoing my rockscape. It's very hard to get to it now as I have to take everything out again. I just gotta hope it comes out for me to grab it. Thanks guys.

07/14/2008, 02:04 PM	#10
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Yep, keep your eyes open. I pulled four out of my system so far, but haven't seen any since. That doesn't mean I don't have them. They look bright orange when you hit them with a flashlight at night, and retract faster than a peanut worm. Their legs are quite different from bristles on bristleworms.

07/14/2008, 02:59 PM	#12
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	"Snail killers."

07/14/2008, 04:15 PM	#13
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	...and "snail food," too! Adult Conus vexillum in Samoa eat either that worm or one that looks a lot like it (iridescent red in the sunlight) almost exclusively. The ones I'm talking about are eunicids, I guess yours are too, Marc? Cheers, Don

07/14/2008, 04:27 PM	#14
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I'll have to find that answer for you Don. Here you go: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic86732-11-1.aspx