look at this monster!!!!
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Ironsheikh
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You never realized you had that in your tank? I wouldve jumped back 3 feet if I saw that thing at 1am
55semireef
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Will my Niger Trigger eat a Bristle Worm about 6 inches long?
Sorry about getting off topic.
BTW, cluvir are you going to keep that?
Sorry about getting off topic.
BTW, cluvir are you going to keep that?
steveweast
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10" ???? just a baby....these things get huge....and fast. I estimated that mine grew at a rate of 3" a month to reach its final removal size of 7 feet....in fact, i recently pulled another one out at 5 feet. The second one probably came in on a secondary Fiji rock load a couple of years after the first load. These things are voracious predators against soft corals. I suggest getting it out ASAP.
DrChaos619
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Holy Bejesus! I would have dropped a brick in my pants if i saw that!
PITSTOP
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GROSSEST THREAD OF THE MONTH (GTOTM)!
Ultra-heebie-jeebies....I haaaaaaaaate huge worms in reef tanks....7 feet?!?! My god, did you have to bury it in your backyard or grind it up into dog food?
Imagine the pranks you could pull with a 7 foot predatory worm - throw it into a swimming pool!
Ultra-heebie-jeebies....I haaaaaaaaate huge worms in reef tanks....7 feet?!?! My god, did you have to bury it in your backyard or grind it up into dog food?
Imagine the pranks you could pull with a 7 foot predatory worm - throw it into a swimming pool!
steveweast
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These things are very good at hiding and will even create tubes within your sand to live if they can't find a suitable rock...as they do in the wild. They only come out at night and are completely hidden during the day....so, unless you're a regular night time viewer, you'll never know it's there. I only became suspicious when a large patch of my ricordia were mowed down overnite. Here's the 5 foot one that I pulled out a few months ago.... it probably came in as a small hitchiker on some rock added later....then grew and grew....until his gluttony could no longer be overlooked. The only way to remove these guys is to determine their rock lair....which they return to every night....and then remove the rock in its entirety. They are way too quick and strong to try to catch otherwise. When I determined which rock that he was using as a lair, I broke down that section and removed the rock....even then....I didn't know if I had him or not.....I had to break apart the rock to reveal his hidden chamber of secrets.
55semireef
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How big do Bristle Worms get? Hopefully they don't get that size bc I let a 6 inch bristle worm go in my tank but my Niger Trigger never saw it or else it would have been eaten.
keithntracy
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7535237#post7535237 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by KMP
i'm "unsubscribing" to this thread. this is the equivalent of watching "JAWS" back in the 70's. after that movie, i could never go in the water again without being paranoid. the thought that something like that could be lingering in my tank.....
I'm with you!! If I ever saw/see that in my tank, I'd have to sell the entire system. There's no way I'd be reaching in there after it...:eek1:
55semireef
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Would if you were sleeping and it crawled out into your bed and was crawling all over you. Just take the time and give that a thought. LOL.
Shivering as I type...............
Shivering as I type...............
