rt67ghy
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Is this a eunice worm? This is the best pic I could get. It's larger than the regular bristle worms we have in our tanks and certainly looks different from them.
http://imgur.com/4u8Ywac
http://imgur.com/4u8Ywac
Eunice worm?
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Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Really hard to tell, but to me it looks like a peanut worm.
Eunice worms have small centipede-like legs and jaws, neither which I can see.
Eunice worms have small centipede-like legs and jaws, neither which I can see.
rt67ghy
Member
It's not a peanut worm because I took one out of the sand thinking it was a eunice worm but ID'd it as a peanut. This other one has legs (which aren't coming out in the pics) and long tentacles and it looks like there are hooks around its mouth. Here's another pic which shows a bit more of the body.
http://imgur.com/NdXtWMI
http://imgur.com/NdXtWMI
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
That image looks like eunice. I can definitely see the jaws and antennas.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
From experience, let me say it's absolute chaos trying to get them.
If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap.
One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms.
If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap.
One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms.
rt67ghy
Member
"If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap."
Yes, I'm planning on using the bottle trap after I catch my algae blenny with it.
"One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms."
You're right. I found a couple of these worms on a coral I put in the tank last year. It was my first stony coral and I didn't dip it. The coral was a lobophyllia hemprichii that came from the sea with and was in my tank for 3 months before I found the worms nestled among the sponges and mushrooms growing on the dead skeleton. I was so disgusted by them I flushed them down the toilet immediately. I didn't take pics to ID them. It's possible a couple may have got off the rock and hid in my rockwork.
Yes, I'm planning on using the bottle trap after I catch my algae blenny with it.
"One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms."
You're right. I found a couple of these worms on a coral I put in the tank last year. It was my first stony coral and I didn't dip it. The coral was a lobophyllia hemprichii that came from the sea with and was in my tank for 3 months before I found the worms nestled among the sponges and mushrooms growing on the dead skeleton. I was so disgusted by them I flushed them down the toilet immediately. I didn't take pics to ID them. It's possible a couple may have got off the rock and hid in my rockwork.
olemiss reb
Molon Labe
I've had great success catching fulgidas with this trap-- http://www.reefersquest.com/showthread.php?381-How-to-build-yourself-a-trap-for-the-infamous-oenone-fulgida Figure it should work for the entire Eunicida Order.
I included the slip knot but have never had to use. Watch with a red light long enough and the worm will go all the way in or I just pull it in the morning and see what I got. I've been using Prime Reef as bait.
I included the slip knot but have never had to use. Watch with a red light long enough and the worm will go all the way in or I just pull it in the morning and see what I got. I've been using Prime Reef as bait.
olemiss reb
Molon Labe
I switched bait to PE Mysis and had much better results. 5 fulgidas in the trap this morning.
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