Ribbon worm?

[REMF]

bsemantic, Don't mean to hijack your thread but I also saw the same in my tank tonight right after lights out. I scooped it out to get some pix, and then put him/her in the sump.

LeslieH is this the same worm? I know the pic's aren't great but I did get some head (Glamor) shots.

 

[LeslieH]

The pieces that broke off have been modified to the point that they are essentially bags of skin packed with eggs or sperm. The digestive tract and most of the muscles have been re-absorbed to make way for the reproductive products. At some point the eggs/sperm are released & the skin is either eaten by a fish or it sinks to the bottom to be eaten by scavengers. You could see a spike if your clean up crew doesn't get to the bits first of if your skimmer doesn't take out the eggs/sperm fast enough.

REMF - your critter is definitely an eunicid which probably is the same family Bsematic's worm belongs to as well. In your second image, take a look at the area a little bit behind the front end. See how the color changes from dark to light? The light color is from thousands of closely packed eggs. Sperm is usually white; eggs of different species range in color from white through the spectrum all the way to black.

 

[bsemantic]

No sweat REMF. It's not exactly a hijack. IMO. As it's related to my post. I believe there is no such thing as too much information when it comes to our tank inhabitants.

 

[yusor]

I removed this guy above but I believe there are more but smaller ones...



there are many like this one above






and a lot of spaghetti worms like this one (green)


other :



many like this one too (above - like thin white hair )


two flat worms am trying to remove too .


what should I do now ?

 

[KirbyBTF]

Last post was from 2006 lol