HELP Can you ID this?

Jonleda · 09/21/2016, 02:19 PM

I wonder if someone can identify the "thing" that has buried itself in a tube like hole in some Xania it has always been there since I bought it a year ago now. it was smaller then but it has grown and is now bolder and comes out half an inch out of the tube mainly early am or in the dark. It appears to have four spikes or antenna and is black in colour and it does appear to twist around in the tube. I know I have a Eucind worm buried about 3 inches away from this hole.

I have nothing small in the tank and it doesn't bother the hermits or shrimps as far as I know. It does go a bit crazy when I feed them life food or frozen though.

Can the sponge/coral next to the zoas be identified at all, the LFS didn't know what it was and thought it would die, but it hasn't and is still growing its actually lots of tiny little tubes.

Dkuhlmann · 09/21/2016, 02:30 PM

Not sure because can't get a good view of it, but my guess is it's your bobbit worm's hole. Personally I'd get rid of the whole damn rock. Or, torch it with fire and then pitch it into your garden.

Bugboy2020 · 09/21/2016, 03:35 PM

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Nothing small in the tank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6vF75-met0
Sorry, that just struck me as funny after I watched this video.

SeaCucumberFan · 09/21/2016, 05:33 PM

Bobbit hole.

Jonleda · 09/21/2016, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaCucumberFan

Bobbit hole.

Thanks I had a sneaking feeling it may of been that but not sure. I take it the only way to remove it is manual removal.

Jonleda · 09/21/2016, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

Not sure because can't get a good view of it, but my guess is it's your bobbit worm's hole. Personally I'd get rid of the whole damn rock. Or, torch it with fire and then pitch it into your garden.

Hahahaha I have to say it is the most horrible looking thing....anything else out there to remove it? or manual deconstruction of the tank?

Sk8r · 09/21/2016, 09:46 PM

Wear stout gloves.

Dkuhlmann · 09/22/2016, 04:05 AM

Do a Google or Youtube search for bobbit worm hole. I saw a video a week or so ago about a guy using a cool trap that the bobbit starts to go in and it can't back out. Kind of like one of those Chinese finger cuffs, the ones you slip on your fingers and can't pull off no matter how hard you try. It was a pretty cool video and the bobbit worm was about 6' long.

Other than that, pull that rock first, but sadly I don't think the worms whole body will be in just that one hole.

Capsle · 09/22/2016, 09:55 AM

Ok looking at some videos of bobbit worms, I'm a little uncomfortable at the moment. Those things are freaky!!!

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Jonleda · 09/22/2016, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

Do a Google or Youtube search for bobbit worm hole. I saw a video a week or so ago about a guy using a cool trap that the bobbit starts to go in and it can't back out. Kind of like one of those Chinese finger cuffs, the ones you slip on your fingers and can't pull off no matter how hard you try. It was a pretty cool video and the bobbit worm was about 6' long.

Other than that, pull that rock first, but sadly I don't think the worms whole body will be in just that one hole.

That is what confuses me, the hole was within the Xenia coral and it was not that long or deep. I would of thought the thing would of started to grow more now a yr on but no..

I am on nights at the moment so I may give it a look at in the day maybe cut that section out.

Can it possibly be anything else?

Jollyg97 · 09/22/2016, 07:02 PM

Dip that rock in some sulphuric acid and then throw it in a barrel fire, then a nice dip of revive for 5 mins. That thing is an abomination lol.

oneofmany · 09/23/2016, 05:26 PM

If a Bobbit worm doesn't reside in that hole in the first four pictures then a Vermetid snail is definitely a possibilty. These can get pretty big sometimes. As far as that mystery coral goes it is hard or soft? If it's hard then it might be a Leptastrea or something similar.

09/21/2016, 02:30 PM	#2
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Not sure because can't get a good view of it, but my guess is it's your bobbit worm's hole. Personally I'd get rid of the whole damn rock. Or, torch it with fire and then pitch it into your garden. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

09/21/2016, 09:46 PM	#7
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Wear stout gloves. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

09/22/2016, 04:05 AM	#8
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Do a Google or Youtube search for bobbit worm hole. I saw a video a week or so ago about a guy using a cool trap that the bobbit starts to go in and it can't back out. Kind of like one of those Chinese finger cuffs, the ones you slip on your fingers and can't pull off no matter how hard you try. It was a pretty cool video and the bobbit worm was about 6' long. Other than that, pull that rock first, but sadly I don't think the worms whole body will be in just that one hole. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

09/22/2016, 09:55 AM	#9
Capsle Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 385	HELP Can you ID this? Ok looking at some videos of bobbit worms, I'm a little uncomfortable at the moment. Those things are freaky!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Caps Current Tank Info: 65G DT with custom overflow, 35G custom sump, maxspect R420r 180w 15K, reef octopus classic 150 skimmer.

09/22/2016, 07:02 PM	#11
Jollyg97 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 165	Dip that rock in some sulphuric acid and then throw it in a barrel fire, then a nice dip of revive for 5 mins. That thing is an abomination lol. __________________ Reef keeping is just a crazy science experiment.

09/21/2016, 05:33 PM	#4
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	Bobbit hole.

09/23/2016, 05:26 PM	#12
oneofmany In Memoriam Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: California Posts: 151	If a Bobbit worm doesn't reside in that hole in the first four pictures then a Vermetid snail is definitely a possibilty. These can get pretty big sometimes. As far as that mystery coral goes it is hard or soft? If it's hard then it might be a Leptastrea or something similar.