Waxxiemann
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Could you imagine having to "grab" somthing like that .... no thank you. I can't stand spiders let alone large underwater carniverous centipedes.
Buy a trap from the store.
Nightmare in my tank!!!
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Could you imagine having to "grab" somthing like that .... no thank you. I can't stand spiders let alone large underwater carniverous centipedes.
Buy a trap from the store.
Waxxiemann
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did you guys ever see that dude who was donated a mixed reef tank for his science class and he pulled out this MASSIVE bristle worm? He said there were like 8 of equal ginormity (not a word) in there!
I wish I could find that thread.
I wish I could find that thread.
lllosingit
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Oh come on now, With a name like Great white and your scared of a little worm
The Rest of you that seem to be terrified better be women not wimps
Great White 76
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Man that thing gave me the creeps for a week. I still get grossed out thinking about it lol.
55semireef
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I really don't like killing sea life. I don't want to kill it. I just want to trap it and put it in someone elses tank when they are not looking. :lol:
I will probably just put in my lfs liverock tank.
However, I do have a really small Maxima clam. Small enough to become prey. How big does this worm I have get LeslieH?
I will probably just put in my lfs liverock tank.
However, I do have a really small Maxima clam. Small enough to become prey. How big does this worm I have get LeslieH?
55semireef
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danch
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The Borneman book cites worms in the Nereis, Eunice and Hermodice genera as being likely to be harmful. The picture you're looking at (ewww!) on P397 is of genus Palolo. This particular worm has been identified as "Oenone fulgida which is a mollusc predator" by Leslie, who knows far more about worms than I or (most likely) Eric Borneman (as he studies corals, not worms).
55semireef, based on Leslie's statement that they'll "even go after tridacna" - set up a trap!
55semireef, based on Leslie's statement that they'll "even go after tridacna" - set up a trap!
Great White 76
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Randy that is NOT a bristleworm. Its a eunicid and is destructive to your tank.
Salamander
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Its not a bristle worm or in the nereis, eunice or hermodice genera as the previous posts state. Like others said before I beleive its a Oenone fulgida. They don't eat coral to my knowledge. You should kill it and not put it in the LFS tanks to plague someone else!
IME they eat live mollusks. You'll soon be buying snails every two weeks just for this guy to eat if you don't et rid of it. He'll wipe your snails out. You may notice some slime on dead snails in the morning...that's his doing.
Kill it and hope there are no more.
IME they eat live mollusks. You'll soon be buying snails every two weeks just for this guy to eat if you don't et rid of it. He'll wipe your snails out. You may notice some slime on dead snails in the morning...that's his doing.
Kill it and hope there are no more.
LeslieH
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the color (they also come in green), the general shape, head's a blunt cone with 2 large black eyes & no other apparent appendages, a pair of distinct digitate appenages on each leg, and the bristles are too small to show in this kind of photograph. I don't know the maximum size but judging from posts at least 1-2 feet. Also from posts, they're capable of going after Tridacna of any size by biting away chunks.
Getting rid of molluscs to starve them out won't work. Reefers have found them eating a wide variety of food. They have to be trapped.
Oenone is in it's own family of polychaetes, the Oenonidae. Eunice & Palola belong to family Eunicidae but not many eunicids are known to eat corals. Does the photo in Bornemann show a Palola actually eating coral? (I don't have the book) Palola - which lives in burrows in dead coral & coralline algae - is known to eat different types of algae & may get some nutrition from the dead coral & associated organisms (bacteria, micro-organisms) it ingests as it gnaws its way through the substrate. I don't know of any reports in worm literature about Nereis (family Nereididae) eating corals but of course reefers often see behavior scientists don't know about.
Salamander
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Well that sucks. I've been trying to starve mine out. I caught a few but they're extremely dificult to catch.
I also think they can be loger than 2 feet. One in my tank could just about stretch 4 feet.
I also think they can be loger than 2 feet. One in my tank could just about stretch 4 feet.
Well, I've been told I have a number of oenone fulgidas in my tank [rather pretty pinkish-sheened 10-inchers] and I have a very happy crocea clam living with them in my reef, so I'm not sure. Doesn't look like mine. Personally, I have hundreds of worms, no problems with corals---as a matter of fact, some experts think these worms help feed the corals by breaking down waste into sizes of particles the corals can intake.
55semireef
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Did you read the entire thread?
What would be the best way of removing this guy without taking down my liverock?
