hurry please ID SOME KINDA WORM THING

Enjoi · 01/30/2006, 04:11 PM

Enjoi · 01/30/2006, 04:12 PM

its kinda like a long centipede any ideas??

jcraft · 01/30/2006, 04:17 PM

how big is he? look around this board and you'll see a post of a 6 foot long worm a guy found in his tank- looks like you may have one too

Enjoi · 01/30/2006, 04:20 PM

its about 2 inches

Enjoi · 01/30/2006, 04:31 PM

the tip of it less that half of it the front is blue the rest is redish

Tras · 01/30/2006, 05:36 PM

Looks like an earthworm from the photo.

Enjoi · 01/30/2006, 05:38 PM

better pictures here

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=764485

AllenFord_SC · 01/30/2006, 05:40 PM

It's a bristle worm. I answered you in the other thread as well. Throw it out!

AllenFord_SC · 01/30/2006, 05:55 PM

Here is the worm someone refrenced to above. A 7 foot long Eunicid worm:

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

josetexe · 01/30/2006, 06:40 PM

i found a bristle worm today is like 1" is good or bad and found pieces of one blue leg hermit .

bertoni · 01/30/2006, 08:04 PM

All the pictures are a little blurry or show the animal out of water, but that looks like a common detritus-eating fireworm-bristleworm. They are quite helpful in tank cleanup, if my id is correct.

This article discusses bristleworms in general:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php

ste6168 · 01/30/2006, 08:08 PM

yep... looks like a bristle worm to me, put him in your refugium if you have one, if not then leave it in your tank, they are reef safe as mentioned above.

piranhaking · 01/30/2006, 09:52 PM

josetexe the piece of crab you found was most likely a piece of the exoskeleton from the crab molting.

01/30/2006, 04:11 PM	#1
Enjoi Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mt Dora, FL Posts: 130	hurry please ID SOME KINDA WORM THING __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!!! Current Tank Info: 30 Gallon cube

01/30/2006, 04:12 PM	#2
Enjoi Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mt Dora, FL Posts: 130	its kinda like a long centipede any ideas?? __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!!! Current Tank Info: 30 Gallon cube

01/30/2006, 04:20 PM	#4
Enjoi Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mt Dora, FL Posts: 130	its about 2 inches __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!!! Current Tank Info: 30 Gallon cube

01/30/2006, 04:31 PM	#5
Enjoi Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mt Dora, FL Posts: 130	the tip of it less that half of it the front is blue the rest is redish __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!!! Current Tank Info: 30 Gallon cube

01/30/2006, 05:38 PM	#7
Enjoi Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mt Dora, FL Posts: 130	better pictures here http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=764485 __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!!! Current Tank Info: 30 Gallon cube

01/30/2006, 04:17 PM	#3
jcraft Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 274	how big is he? look around this board and you'll see a post of a 6 foot long worm a guy found in his tank- looks like you may have one too

01/30/2006, 05:36 PM	#6
Tras Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57	Looks like an earthworm from the photo.

01/30/2006, 05:40 PM	#8
AllenFord_SC Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ridgeland, SC Posts: 703	It's a bristle worm. I answered you in the other thread as well. Throw it out! __________________ We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl..... Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Mixed, 55 Gallon sump, 35 gallon fuge

01/30/2006, 05:55 PM	#9
AllenFord_SC Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ridgeland, SC Posts: 703	Here is the worm someone refrenced to above. A 7 foot long Eunicid worm: http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm __________________ We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl..... Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Mixed, 55 Gallon sump, 35 gallon fuge

01/30/2006, 06:40 PM	#10
josetexe Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ponce,Puerto Rico Posts: 56	i found a bristle worm today is like 1" is good or bad and found pieces of one blue leg hermit .

01/30/2006, 08:04 PM	#11
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	All the pictures are a little blurry or show the animal out of water, but that looks like a common detritus-eating fireworm-bristleworm. They are quite helpful in tank cleanup, if my id is correct. This article discusses bristleworms in general: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/30/2006, 08:08 PM	#12
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	yep... looks like a bristle worm to me, put him in your refugium if you have one, if not then leave it in your tank, they are reef safe as mentioned above.

01/30/2006, 09:52 PM	#13
piranhaking Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 321	josetexe the piece of crab you found was most likely a piece of the exoskeleton from the crab molting.