1 foot bristtle worm going on 12 years old

[marineaquariums]

just thought i would share one of my pets
http://www.corals-n-more.com/Reefcentral/IMG_1118%20(Medium).JPG

 

[marineaquariums]

here is another pic
anyone have one of these

 

[venwu225]

very nice animal. Hope you can raise it to even greater sizes

 

[Sk8r]

He looks just like my "Sam."

 

[marineaquariums]

i would have to say he is atleast close to 2 feet all stretched out
and has never hurt anyone, i put a piece of shrimp on a stick and put it in the water 5 min later here he comes sometimes i have to tease him and keep moving it away if people wanna see him,
them are old pics,, so i just ordered a canon a620 camera with 1 cm macro so ill take more pics soon
lets see a pic of sam

 

[LeslieH]

I have several thousand of them, all in their own nice little homes......
http://www.nhm.org/research/annelida/contact.html

 

[marineaquariums]

alive would be better

 

[cwegescheide]

I've got a few in my tank similar but not quite as big and man EVERY time I see them it gives me the HEE-BEE-GEE-BEES!!!

 

[LeslieH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8031195#post8031195 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marineaquariums
alive would be better

True, and they're much prettier too when they're alive but unfortunately it's hard to study squirmin' wormies.

 

[dc]

:lol: Worms are cool. I have at least 3 of these guys. I've seen them across the width of the tank, so they are at least 18"

 

[marineaquariums]

cool brown and skinny as u can see mine is a bristle worm i dont think that is
what kind of worm is it

 

[dc]

I'm not real sure what kind it is. A big one, I tried to catch one to send to Dr. Ron, but never could.

 

[marineaquariums]

im sure LeslieH who typed a few threads up he had thousand of them should know

 

[LeslieH]

Debi, I hope you like your worms better than you like your clams & snails. It's a beauty but it's the mollusc predator Oenone fulgida. If you've ever found molluscs dead, partially eaten, and covered with slime this fellow's to blame.

 

[dc]

Don't have any clams, it does eat pellets also. Ron was thinking it was something he's not familiar with, because of the shovel/scoop mouth. They've been in there for 5 1/2 years.

 

[venwu225]

LeslieH doesn't count! Most of her worms are perserved in ethanol or formaldehyde and definitely aren't happy

 

[dc]

Well she definately gets a closer look at them than we all do.

 

[LeslieH]

I do too count! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.....see!

I remember seeing your photos before Debi. They're really good shots. The greenish color on one is a bit unusual and it looks like the proboscis is a bit extended out of the mouth on that same one but otherwise it's a standard O. fulgida. They can and obviously are eating other things besides mollucs. I think it's great that you've made pets out of them instead of trying to flush them! :thumbsup:

 

[marineaquariums]

lol u two girls and your little wormies

 

[dc]

Worms are cool, they are fascinating to watch. Luckily I"m never planning on clams. And well, snails no free lunches I guess.