Need ID on a worm

[JamesHolt]

I had 2 of these pop out after a feeding, while I was stirring up the tank for WC..



Any ideas??

 

[SeaCucumberFan]

I had that too! I completely freaked out and it went into the powerhead and disintegrated. I thought they were some kind of eggs/sperm but I'm not sure.

 

[JamesHolt]

Not eggs, it is alive and swims against the current..

 

[eastlake]

If you could catch it to look at the head if it comes out and swims again to see if it has the 5 tentacles, might be a species of eunicid worm. I say that because I've seen them swim like that before, not that other marine worms don't or cant swim like that, just my observation and 2 cents.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I'm thinking it's an Epitoke

 

[C.Eymann]

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

 

[SeaCucumberFan]

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

Hmmm... ok, so why did it disintegrate into a giant cloud when literally one end touched the powerhead?

 

[JamesHolt]

Looks like a nemertean worm to me. Some are predatory and some are scavengers. So possible goodie or possible badie.

If it is,, it looks to be a bad boy

 

[JamesHolt]

Hmmm... ok, so why did it disintegrate into a giant cloud when literally one end touched the powerhead?

Cause powerhead = food processor..

You just didn't see it get pulled in....

 

[C.Eymann]

If it is,, it looks to be a bad boy

Geeze that is savage, I think there are two groups one that is predatory that actually has a venomous prohibiscus and the other scavengers type that lacks the weapon, forget the two different types, but pretty sure that's right.

 

[JamesHolt]

Geeze that is savage, I think there are two groups one that is predatory that actually has a venomous prohibiscus and the other scavengers type that lacks the weapon, forget the two different types, but pretty sure that's right.

If they come out again they are getting the net...

 

[C.Eymann]

If they come out again they are getting the net...

Better safe than sorry I guess.