Terrifying Creature in Substrate

[ag09g]

ya thats what I was afraid of....its going to be a PIA to catch. Time to start reading up on worm traps :thumbdown

 

[smy168]

I had one 10 years ago that I caught, it was about 8 inches and was going crazy on my zoas, yeah man, catch it because things will end up missing. I caught mine using a red light bulb on a portable fixture, caught it munching one night and grabbed it with tweezers.

Very aggressive once you grab it. Good Luck!

 

[wonrib00]

It looks like a Space Herpie. KILL IT!

 

[footballdude2k3]

Kill it with fire!!!

 

[lovewell]

Maybe you can suck it out with a shop-vac. I know sounds insane but I have used my shop-vac frequently to clean up old sand from tanks. This way you wouldn't have to touch the monster. Looks terrifying.

 

[dmh41532]

dang. good luck

 

[krzyphsygy]

Just get a big turkey baster and sneak up on the tank with a flash light and turn it on to find him only for a second, then take the baster and squeeze the handle stick it in the water very fast but smooth and suck him out.
It has worked for me a few times with large bristle worms.

 

[Jaffy]

Turkey basting idea sounds like a great way to get that wretched monster.... I have no worms at the moment and better never!

 

[ReeferGil]

If my wife even knew these existed, my tank would be torn down in less than 5 minutes!

 

[Ron Reefman]

ag, thanks, but I'll keep my worm with the wicked name of Medusa and you can keep the star wars monster you have. I'd simple try a long pair of tongs or the big, long tweezers and next time you see it, grab it and pull it out.

I wonder if it breaks while pulling it, will it grow back like some other worms do (I seriously doubt it, but it's consideration).

It looks like something from a space alien horror movie. put it and a mantis shrimp together in a small tank and film it. "Bobbit Worm vs Mantis Shrimp, the Movie"... it could out gross Aliens vs Predators!

Good luck my friend.

 

[fishgate]

Wow that frog fish is cool!

 

[Pastey]

That bobbit going after the butterfly fish will likely be in my nightmares tonight.

 

[Spyderturbo007]

Good luck and if it's anything like a big bristle worm, don't be surprised when you grab it and find out it's a lot stronger than you think. I've been fighting a huge bristleworm in my tank for about 4 weeks now and can't seem to catch it. I've tried the bottle trap, which didn't work, I tried skewering it twice and it just ripped itself off both the hypodermic needle and the bamboo skewer.

My most recent acquisition is a pair of crucible tongs I've grabbed from work. I tried using really long forceps, but it was able to break free and retreat. If I can't get it soon, I'll be tearing down the tank. Ugh. Not what I really want to do though.

 

[rrasco]

Hopefully yours is not 7 foot: http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

 

[ExploitedSanity]

http://www.empowernetwork.com/brandoncase/blog/daily-dose-of-gross-bobbit-worm/

 

[ag09g]

I've got some of the giant tweezers as well as a massive turkey Baster, hopefully I'll get the chance to use them. Unfortunately I have not actually seen the worm since I took the video, I've checked several times the last couple nights with a red light and have seen no trace of it...which is helpful

Thanks for all the input/horrifying videos and links! I do appreciate it!

 

[Nina51]

some of those articles are hilarious BUT, now i'm gonna be looking for worms in my tanks and i BETTER NOT find any!

good luck catching this horrifying creature of your worst nightmares! oh, you better give somebody else your log-in info so that, you know, just in case the worm gets you before you get him, at least we will know the outcome.

 

[footballdude2k3]

This should be a wild life show hosted with somebody in an Aussie accent, "Watch the human, as he stalks his prey..."

 

[dc]

I'd give him his own tank and name it. I've had some huge killer worms in my tank.

 

[dc]