TJ_Burton
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I have been meaning to get a video of my 'pet' Eunice worm for a long time now, but never had the opportunity for several reasons. He was elusive, disliked light, and hardly came out of his hole. About a month ago I changed his aquascape so that it was more open and vertical, and since then he has been making himself more viewable and easier to film.
A little history on Smaug (named after the dragon under the mountain)
Close to two years ago, I purchased a bunch of live rock from an LFS to start my 20 gallon reef system. I happily picked out several prime pieces of live rock, completely unaware of the hitchhiker that lurked within. After several months and a few disappearances, I finally caught my first glimpse of a skinny, 10" long worm with 5 points sticking out of it's face... knowing what a Eunice worm looks like from a previous encounter years ago, I understood I had to remove it as soon as possible.
In the process of removing the Eunice worm from my tank, I had broken it up into a pile of pieces. I threw 90% of the worm out, but its little head and tiny 1/2" section of body seemed to remain steadfast in its struggle for survival. I decided to set up a small 5 gallon tank and tossed what was left of the worm into the new tank. A few weeks later I looked into the tank and was surprised to see that a good portion of the worm had already regrown, and jumping ahead to today, he is almost 2' in length and the circumference of a sharpie!
He eats just about everything from shrimp pellets to culled guppy fry. I intend to keep him for his entire life span and am fascinated by him on a daily basis.
Without further delay, I present to you, Smaug!
Youtube:
http://youtu.be/7fukLzoyOxs
Screenshot:
A little history on Smaug (named after the dragon under the mountain)
Close to two years ago, I purchased a bunch of live rock from an LFS to start my 20 gallon reef system. I happily picked out several prime pieces of live rock, completely unaware of the hitchhiker that lurked within. After several months and a few disappearances, I finally caught my first glimpse of a skinny, 10" long worm with 5 points sticking out of it's face... knowing what a Eunice worm looks like from a previous encounter years ago, I understood I had to remove it as soon as possible.
In the process of removing the Eunice worm from my tank, I had broken it up into a pile of pieces. I threw 90% of the worm out, but its little head and tiny 1/2" section of body seemed to remain steadfast in its struggle for survival. I decided to set up a small 5 gallon tank and tossed what was left of the worm into the new tank. A few weeks later I looked into the tank and was surprised to see that a good portion of the worm had already regrown, and jumping ahead to today, he is almost 2' in length and the circumference of a sharpie!
He eats just about everything from shrimp pellets to culled guppy fry. I intend to keep him for his entire life span and am fascinated by him on a daily basis.
Without further delay, I present to you, Smaug!
Youtube:
http://youtu.be/7fukLzoyOxs
Screenshot:
