ID this worm thingy please

Ephraim · 12/10/2006, 10:35 PM

I noticed this thing in a hole in the live rock, there is calcified tube with tenticles coming out. The tube is about 1/8" long and the tenticles are about 1 1/4-1 1/2" long. The tenticles reach around grabbing anything that touches them, they are very very thin. I've drawn a picture (excuse the crudeness)

THB · 12/10/2006, 10:43 PM

It looks like a vermetid snail. They are very common and not harmful, just incidental filter feeders.

staticx · 12/10/2006, 10:43 PM

lol
Nice pic. I have no idea without a actuall picture

markvanderwoude · 12/10/2006, 11:20 PM

spaghetti worm ...but they like sand prob a vernetid snail

Ephraim · 12/11/2006, 12:02 AM

looked at some pictures, and it's a vernetid snail. Thanks alot. Does anthing eat them that i should avoid?

edwing206 · 12/11/2006, 01:14 AM

i love the homemade pic

AquaKnight · 12/11/2006, 04:25 AM

He's got all the biz-nezz on MS Paint!

THB · 12/11/2006, 09:22 AM

According to Anthony Calfo, nothing reef safe eats them.

Ephraim · 12/11/2006, 09:28 AM

awsome, thanks alot y'all. I'm loving this SW thing, so many little bugs 'n stuff in my tank, really fasinating (I'm such a noob).

Only bad thing is it only took me a week to be cursed with my first mantis...sigh

THB · 12/11/2006, 10:15 AM

Ephraim, I sit in front of my tank with a magnifying glass and at night a red filter over a flashlight to see the night critters. You are not alone. Sorry about the mantis. I haven't had one of those (knock wood) I have been plagued by xanthid crabs though. Little meanies.

dippin61 · 12/11/2006, 01:31 PM

vermitids dont have "tentacles" . the way they eat is by sending out "slime" feeders that grab particles in the water column. are you sure its vermitids and not a chaetopterid worm?

vermetids: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php

chaetpterid: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/index.php

Ephraim · 12/11/2006, 02:05 PM

dippin61, you right. The tenticles move of thier own control, i saw one grab a pellet last night and drag it back to the hole...creepy.

Seems like every hole in my rocks has SOMETHING living in it.

Any tips on the best DIY mantis trap?

boomsticks · 12/12/2006, 10:31 AM

Find the rock he is living in. Put about six layers of latex gloves and/or chainmail gauntlets pull the rock out and soak in FW until he crawls out. Or better yet throw the rock in a bonfire. What am I saying I love my mantis he or she is about 4 inches lives with a Royal Gramma and a Maroon clown...whom the mantis is scared to death by! LOL

Ephraim · 12/12/2006, 11:24 AM

i wish i could just do the FW soak but the rock he is living is has some nice red shrooms and favia on it

12/10/2006, 10:35 PM	#1
Ephraim Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 193	ID this worm thingy please I noticed this thing in a hole in the live rock, there is calcified tube with tenticles coming out. The tube is about 1/8" long and the tenticles are about 1 1/4-1 1/2" long. The tenticles reach around grabbing anything that touches them, they are very very thin. I've drawn a picture (excuse the crudeness)

12/11/2006, 01:14 AM	#6
edwing206 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Shoreline,Washington Posts: 4,518	i love the homemade pic __________________ The name's Luis. :) Current Tank Info: 50G cube

12/11/2006, 01:31 PM	#11
dippin61 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,897	vermitids dont have "tentacles" . the way they eat is by sending out "slime" feeders that grab particles in the water column. are you sure its vermitids and not a chaetopterid worm? vermetids: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php chaetpterid: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/index.php __________________ Reefers Law: It can take about 48 hours to brown, and 48 weeks to color back up! Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon BB Low Iron Glass, Dual 110w VHO Actinics, 250w PFO MH 20k XM

12/12/2006, 10:31 AM	#13
boomsticks Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Good ol NH Posts: 547	Find the rock he is living in. Put about six layers of latex gloves and/or chainmail gauntlets pull the rock out and soak in FW until he crawls out. Or better yet throw the rock in a bonfire. What am I saying I love my mantis he or she is about 4 inches lives with a Royal Gramma and a Maroon clown...whom the mantis is scared to death by! LOL __________________ Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway. Current Tank Info: 55 gal reef, 24 cube

12/10/2006, 10:43 PM	#2
THB Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 143	It looks like a vermetid snail. They are very common and not harmful, just incidental filter feeders.

12/10/2006, 10:43 PM	#3
staticx Moved On Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: oregon Posts: 825	lol Nice pic. I have no idea without a actuall picture

12/10/2006, 11:20 PM	#4
markvanderwoude Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Riverside, Ca Posts: 211	spaghetti worm ...but they like sand prob a vernetid snail

12/11/2006, 12:02 AM	#5
Ephraim Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 193	looked at some pictures, and it's a vernetid snail. Thanks alot. Does anthing eat them that i should avoid?

12/11/2006, 04:25 AM	#7
AquaKnight Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Emerald Coast Posts: 2,030	He's got all the biz-nezz on MS Paint!

12/11/2006, 09:22 AM	#8
THB Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 143	According to Anthony Calfo, nothing reef safe eats them.

12/11/2006, 09:28 AM	#9
Ephraim Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 193	awsome, thanks alot y'all. I'm loving this SW thing, so many little bugs 'n stuff in my tank, really fasinating (I'm such a noob). Only bad thing is it only took me a week to be cursed with my first mantis...sigh

12/11/2006, 10:15 AM	#10
THB Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 143	Ephraim, I sit in front of my tank with a magnifying glass and at night a red filter over a flashlight to see the night critters. You are not alone. Sorry about the mantis. I haven't had one of those (knock wood) I have been plagued by xanthid crabs though. Little meanies.

12/11/2006, 02:05 PM	#12
Ephraim Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 193	dippin61, you right. The tenticles move of thier own control, i saw one grab a pellet last night and drag it back to the hole...creepy. Seems like every hole in my rocks has SOMETHING living in it. Any tips on the best DIY mantis trap?

12/12/2006, 11:24 AM	#14
Ephraim Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 193	i wish i could just do the FW soak but the rock he is living is has some nice red shrooms and favia on it