Bobbit worm???!!!

[CPdude]

Hi everyone, this is a big shock to me. I was watching some videos on bobbit worms and I was thinking to myself, I would never get them and I went back to my tank. And inside a hole in one of the rocks, I see a red wormish head poking out with like 3 long tentacles and 2 short ones? Before retracting back. I was really shocked and worried, how could I have gotten a bobbit worm? Of course there are many different Eunicidae worms and mine is red, so it should not be those huge 6 feet tank destroying ones right? I am that "Leave it in the tank unless proven guilty" guy. And I would really be happy if it is safe,they are kinda cool IMO. Anyone can give any advices on this worm? It would be really greatly appreciated! Thanks! (i'll try to get a pic.)

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[mcgyvr]

TTIWWP

Also check here.
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

 

[CPdude]

I cant take a pic of it. It is really fast to retract but I did manage to take 1 just now but it is really blur and is only the head. Woudl that help?

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[CPdude]

Here. You could see its antennae. And head.

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[slief]

Here. You could see its antennae. And head.

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Would really need to see a better picture as well as a bit of the body showing the sides so we can see the legs or what ever they are called. At first glance, it doesn't look like a bobbit but its hard to tell what it's antenna and mouth look like.

 

[CPdude]

https://youtu.be/5cpKa8c1jVY my eunicid worm looks 99% like this one in the video. Is it an alright but must monitor species? It did not harm anything yet, not even the cleaner shrimp and zoanthid colony that are near its hole. And it seems to just scavenge whatever that lands near its hole from the flow.

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[Hal]

It's a "kill it now" species. There's video of big ones killing a full grown lion fish. I had a 4 ft one in my 150g tank. Seriously. It ate all my zoos. Fortunately I didn't lose any fish to it.

 

[swclown]

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This is one of two I pulled from my tank years ago during an upgrade. They will only grow bigger and more destructive. This was the small one. the large one was easily 5 feet when extended and this one was almost as big. There were countless trails and paths in the sand under the rock that they used to travel. Very creepy but also very smart creatures.

 

[DTeeVee]

I live by the motto in my reef "Any doubts, throw it out". Fortunately, I haven't had to be skeptical about anything yet

 

[CPdude]

I live by the motto in my reef "Any doubts, throw it out". Fortunately, I haven't had to be skeptical about anything yet

Yeah I am a "Leave it unless proven guilty" guy. My eunicid worm ( I will not call it bobbit worm anymore as there is many eunicids) does not seem to harm anything and is even scared of the cleaner shrimp, he is a cool worm in the tank. When I see people say "Oh it can be a 10 foot long lion fish grabbing monster", I get really annoyed. This are probably the people that get scared from watching that video of the bobbit worm/sand striker video. After doing a lot of research, on other forums and such. I figured out that only a few are the really predatory ones while the rest are mainly scavengers and detritivores, but still a suspect if a small fish or inverts goes missing. But, I will remove it if any damage is shown.

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[CPdude]

Finally got a pic of this bad boy

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