WTH is this in my tank??

[rekn]

do you have a pic of it? ive been tinkering with the idea of a eunicid tank and if it actually is a eunicid id take it off your hands

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8117271#post8117271 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by venwu225
I will provide a great home for it and not just perserve it for studying!!

Please let me have it and keep it ALIVE!!

They are actually very delicate animals, so you would want to use a net to CAREFULLY and GENTLELY remove the worm. Or it may break into pieces.

Is it hinding in the rock work now? Or do you have it isolated?

I will pay shipping of course.

thanks

Looks like someone already called it first unless you want to get going the bidding on the pm messages. :lol:

 

[kmk2307]

If someone wants to keep it alive as a pet I'm all for it. I just didn't want to see it go to waste down the drain.

Kevin

 

[rekn]

i had a science teacher who had a head of one in a jar, ever since then ive wanted one alive heh and yes it would be a pet in a species tank, probably next to my peacock mantis =)

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8139841#post8139841 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kmk2307
If someone wants to keep it alive as a pet I'm all for it. I just didn't want to see it go to waste down the drain.

Kevin

I agree.

 

[55semireef]

BTW, in the third picture, I see an orange bristleworm.

 

[boomsticks]

The ones found at Rye/Hampton beach are called "clam worms" and they look very similar to the one in the picture except they are blueish green and have "paddles" instead of bristles. I had one in my Lobster tank for a while but either the flounder or the lobster ate him.

 

[graveyardworm]

Another NH reefer. I usually just call them sand worms. I never noticed paddles on the ones I fish with, just soft hair-like appendages.

 

[venwu225]

Any news on locating the worm? : D

 

[TellyFish]

Anyone know if the Palolo-Eunice worms are ok to leave in the tank? I have one that is a cool purple and bright orange tentacles... but do they get as big and dangerous as the fat/black regular eunice worms?

 

[Idyfohu]

No luck yet...

I have an inkling (sp?) that it's in my sump with my bioballs.

What's the bidding up to now?

 

[venwu225]

what bidding?

I have first dibs right?

 

[Idyfohu]

I'm going to bump this thread and let everyone know that this stupid scary worm is still lurking in my tank as I saw it earlier today, but didn't see the length (I'm sure after two years it's grown like crazy). It didn't look any thicker, but now is in my main tank, rather than my sump in the back.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get it out? Fortunately it to my knowledge as never harmed my coral or fish, but it's SOOO creepy and might kill my inverts as well.

I'm thinking some bottle type setup with fish food/bait that will somehow close...ya, basically I have no idea.

Help, because I want the thing out. I'm freaking out just thinking about the thing...yes, I'm being a wuss.

 

[Idyfohu]

BTW, the worm lurks near the back of my tank under crevices and hasn't been in plain site like the original pictures since.

It looks from what I've seen to be extremely fast as well, so even if I were up for a stake-out and waited, I doubt a net would be likely to catch this creature.

 

[wetjet43]

Get a 1.5 clear tube that's about 5' long and siphon it out. I've removed many critters from my tank that way. The suction is so strong that they didn't even know what hit them. Using tweezers may hurt it. Unless it's new home is the porcelain throne and you don't care....

Careful though, a 1.5" tube will fill a 5gal water bottle in about 20 seconds. Make sure to stop the suction before the water gets to the top of the bottle... (learned that the hard way)

 

[Idyfohu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13586931#post13586931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wetjet43
Get a 1.5 clear tube that's about 5' long and siphon it out. I've removed many critters from my tank that way. The suction is so strong that they didn't even know what hit them. Using tweezers may hurt it. Unless it's new home is the porcelain throne and you don't care....

Careful though, a 1.5" tube will fill a 5gal water bottle in about 20 seconds. Make sure to stop the suction before the water gets to the top of the bottle... (learned that the hard way)

Ah, that's a great idea and if it doesn't work then obviously I just repeat and try again. I'll definitely have to try this method out possibly over the weekend. If it does indeed work, I'll post pictures and go from there.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[TrappedMetal]

You need to get this out, they can take fish and big chunks out of corals!

 

[tanyashankles]

Well I saw that pick and nearly jumped out of my skin, so wuss or not, Im with you, YUCK. If I woke up to that in MY tank, The whole tank would be dissassembled and I would be goggled, rubber gloved, and aproned...lol. Gave me the eebie jeebies. Like a centipede or something...Sorry, not a fan of gross things, I can handle just about anything that the reef throws at me (the one in my living room that is) but I cant even stand to touch a bristle worm. That thing is gonna be in my nightmares tonight...

 

[Airwolf75]

way cool looking worm

 

[plateboy3293]

What about if you get a glass bottle with a funnel on the end. You put a piece of shrimp in the back of the bottle and tie a string or fishing line to the neck of the bottle. Then you put the bottle in the tank and wait and when the entire or more than 3/4 of the worm is in there pull the bottle out with the string. This worked for me when I found a couple of large bristles in my tank that I wanted in my sump.