thefurrywarrior
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I have white grub worm like things swimming around in my water column at night...they are approx 3/4 of an inch long and quite disgusting looking if I do say so myself...what could they be?
Grub worm!?!?
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Probably epitokes, part of the reproductive cycle of polychaete worms.
GerritM
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Maybe an free swimming Epitoke.
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html
(Quote by Dr. Ron Shimek)
"Some species (primarily in the group known as the syllids) bud a whole specialized individual (a clone) off some portion of the adult. That clone is modified in having no gut, super-sized eyes, and super sized parapodia (lateral paddles). In these animals, the interior of the worm is packed with fat and other food reserves. The definitive adult deposits its fertilized eggs on the swarmer which then breaks off and swims away. As it swims, it - of course - disperses to a new habitat carrying the babies on it. Those babies develop through the embryonic stages while attached to the swarmer/swimmer. When it finally runs out of food (remember with no gut, it can't feed). It settles to the bottom, and the, now, juvenile worms can strike out on their own."
Perhaps Leslie reads this thread too, and writes something.
PS: AHhh, Adrienne was quicker. ;-)
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html
(Quote by Dr. Ron Shimek)
"Some species (primarily in the group known as the syllids) bud a whole specialized individual (a clone) off some portion of the adult. That clone is modified in having no gut, super-sized eyes, and super sized parapodia (lateral paddles). In these animals, the interior of the worm is packed with fat and other food reserves. The definitive adult deposits its fertilized eggs on the swarmer which then breaks off and swims away. As it swims, it - of course - disperses to a new habitat carrying the babies on it. Those babies develop through the embryonic stages while attached to the swarmer/swimmer. When it finally runs out of food (remember with no gut, it can't feed). It settles to the bottom, and the, now, juvenile worms can strike out on their own."
Perhaps Leslie reads this thread too, and writes something.
PS: AHhh, Adrienne was quicker. ;-)
thefurrywarrior
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diameter....1/8 of an inch at the biggest.... pics will be nearly impossible to get because they only come out a few hours after my lights are off and I dont have a good camera either. They are white and I didnt find anything that looked exactly like them on that list. So basically reproducing bristleworms?
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