worm thingy ID

Bluemon · 06/22/2011, 09:58 PM

i just got my fully cured live rock.

turns out not everything is dead.

Here is a worm thingy.
I think its a bunch of little worms or maybe one spaghetti worm? idk.

disc1 · 06/22/2011, 10:01 PM

Can't see it real good, but maybe a spaghetti worm?

Bluemon · 06/22/2011, 10:44 PM

do they stay in rocks sometimes? i thought they preferred the sandbed

Bluemon · 06/22/2011, 11:08 PM

bump. really curious what this is

Angel*Fish · 06/22/2011, 11:08 PM

Spaghetti worm - no they don't all like the sand. Maybe most don't.

Ron Reefman · 06/22/2011, 11:21 PM

It is most definitely a spaghetti worm, maybe even a couple of them, which shouldn't be a problem. Mine seem more likely to live in the sand (75%) but healthy ones can live on rocks as well (25%). I assume by now it has moved someplace? In the picture it looked like it had been 'disturbed' or forced to move.

I'm going to the Keys over the 4th and hope to bring home one of the bigger varieties of spaghetti worm (6-8" long white tentacles) to set up in my anemone tank. There is a really big one that has kind of a translucent blue/green tentacles that can reach out 18-24" from the center.

It's very cool to see in the backwater reefs of Florida Bay.

Ron

Bluemon · 06/22/2011, 11:40 PM

yea... maybe poking it was a bad idea

LOL. u should try a dedicated worm tank for that behemoth, Ron

Ron Reefman · 06/22/2011, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluemon

yea... maybe poking it was a bad idea

LOL. u should try a dedicated worm tank for that behemoth, Ron

I tried to bring one home the last time we were in the Keys and with all the silt and sand I stirred up getting the worms tube out of the rock and sandy bottom, it managed to slip away unnoticed and left me with an empty tube! Little stinker!

We don't see these out on the better reefs, just around small islands (usually near channels that provide some current) on the Gulf of Mexico/Florida Bay side of the Keys. If I collect either type of spaghetti worm I'll post it here.

Ron

Bluemon · 06/22/2011, 11:56 PM

they have tubes too?? i didnt know that.
we all learn something new everyday

i just turned the light off and its crawling off the rock towards the sand...

Angel*Fish · 06/23/2011, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluemon

they have tubes too?? i didnt know that.
we all learn something new everyday

It depends on the species. Some burrow in the sand and others build their tubes on rocks.

Bluemon · 06/23/2011, 02:22 AM

interesting.....

Sugar Magnolia · 06/23/2011, 07:12 AM

Terebellid worm, aka spaghetti worm.

06/22/2011, 10:01 PM	#2
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	Can't see it real good, but maybe a spaghetti worm? __________________ David Current Tank: Undergoing reconstruction...

06/22/2011, 11:08 PM	#5
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	Spaghetti worm - no they don't all like the sand. Maybe most don't. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

06/22/2011, 11:21 PM	#6
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	It is most definitely a spaghetti worm, maybe even a couple of them, which shouldn't be a problem. Mine seem more likely to live in the sand (75%) but healthy ones can live on rocks as well (25%). I assume by now it has moved someplace? In the picture it looked like it had been 'disturbed' or forced to move. I'm going to the Keys over the 4th and hope to bring home one of the bigger varieties of spaghetti worm (6-8" long white tentacles) to set up in my anemone tank. There is a really big one that has kind of a translucent blue/green tentacles that can reach out 18-24" from the center. It's very cool to see in the backwater reefs of Florida Bay. Ron __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

06/23/2011, 07:12 AM	#12
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Terebellid worm, aka spaghetti worm. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

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Bluemon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 902	do they stay in rocks sometimes? i thought they preferred the sandbed

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Bluemon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 902	yea... maybe poking it was a bad idea LOL. u should try a dedicated worm tank for that behemoth, Ron

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Bluemon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 902	they have tubes too?? i didnt know that. we all learn something new everyday i just turned the light off and its crawling off the rock towards the sand...

06/23/2011, 02:22 AM	#11
Bluemon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 902	interesting.....