mastertech
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here is a pic. its over 12 inches long and black and smooth. with no other defineing characteristics. no fangs or claws. dont know?
12+ inch worm!!
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jstdv8
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could it be a ribbon eel?
mastertech
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Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3190662
could it be a ribbon eel?
dont think so. its not flat. or colorfull
http:///forum/post/3190662
could it be a ribbon eel?
dont think so. its not flat. or colorfull
mastertech
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i think its a ribbon worm. (uh-oh.... dont know if i will find it again)
mastertech
Member
Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3190666
i think its a ribbon worm. (uh-oh.... dont know if i will find it again)
bump. should i attemp to get it out if at all possible?
i dont think it has ever killed anything>..
http:///forum/post/3190666
i think its a ribbon worm. (uh-oh.... dont know if i will find it again)
bump. should i attemp to get it out if at all possible?
i dont think it has ever killed anything>..
cranberry
Active Member
Whoa! That's awesome. If it is indeed a Nemertean, I would remove it. There are only a few that aren't predatory. He could be one... but ya don't know. Not that you necessarily would worry about some things they eat... like other worms.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
mastertech
Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3190862
Whoa! That's awesome. If it is indeed a Nemertean, I would remove it. There are only a few that aren't predatory. He could be one... but ya don't know. Not that you necessarily would worry about some things they eat... like other worms.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
is there a trap i could use? or will i just need to wait and hunt it out?
http:///forum/post/3190862
Whoa! That's awesome. If it is indeed a Nemertean, I would remove it. There are only a few that aren't predatory. He could be one... but ya don't know. Not that you necessarily would worry about some things they eat... like other worms.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
is there a trap i could use? or will i just need to wait and hunt it out?
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3190862
Whoa! That's awesome. If it is indeed a Nemertean, I would remove it. There are only a few that aren't predatory. He could be one... but ya don't know. Not that you necessarily would worry about some things they eat... like other worms.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
+1
Some of these worms can grow to be over 100 feet long. They will not eat coral or fish but they will eat anything they can catch under rocks and in the sand bed.
http:///forum/post/3190862
Whoa! That's awesome. If it is indeed a Nemertean, I would remove it. There are only a few that aren't predatory. He could be one... but ya don't know. Not that you necessarily would worry about some things they eat... like other worms.
You could set up a dedicated little tank for it. Or IF you didn't want him I would be very very very happy to send you shipping supplies and cover all costs ... if you were going to go the disposal route.
+1
Some of these worms can grow to be over 100 feet long. They will not eat coral or fish but they will eat anything they can catch under rocks and in the sand bed.
mastertech
Member
Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3190866
is there a trap i could use? or will i just need to wait and hunt it out?
bumpity bump bump.... bump bump
http:///forum/post/3190866
is there a trap i could use? or will i just need to wait and hunt it out?
bumpity bump bump.... bump bump
mastertech
Member
i have looked and looked and found very little information about these worms. basics and thats about it. i have a hard time believeing that these worms live inside the rocks inside my tank. i have a firm suspicion that this thing lives in the sand. the last place i saw it was burrowing under a small rock. i removed the rock and did not see it. i felt through the substrate but did not go very deep. i would just about bet that if i removed all the rock and screened the sand i would find it. but i really dont know if it is worth all the trouble. i asked the prior owner (of 5 yrs) and he has never seen it. i have spend a culmination of days and days looking into this tank and have never seen it. there has never been any sort of missing fish or deaths. i have lost a couple small snails but i really thing the crabs are killing the small ones for a easy meal. if i see it i will catch it but i dont think im going to spend a whole day in tear down and rebuid for something that has never affected me.....?
socalnano24
Active Member
I am honestly amazed how many HUGE hitchiker worms people find on an apparent regular basis.
Cran, do you know how fast some of these worms grow, considering you now have a bobbit worm? I'm curious if these things take 3 or 4 years to get to size in peoples tanks, (depending on how big they come in as typically)
Cran, do you know how fast some of these worms grow, considering you now have a bobbit worm? I'm curious if these things take 3 or 4 years to get to size in peoples tanks, (depending on how big they come in as typically)
mastertech
Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3191318
I never see all of him, so I have no idea how big he is.
Do you have one in a reef DT?
http:///forum/post/3191318
I never see all of him, so I have no idea how big he is.
Do you have one in a reef DT?
cranberry
Active Member
Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3191358
Do you have one in a reef DT?
No, he's in a pico.
http:///forum/post/3191358
Do you have one in a reef DT?
No, he's in a pico.
fretfreak13
Active Member
if it would swim through the sand like Bang Guy said, and doesn't eat fish or coral I would personally leave it. Good sand sifter, no?
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13
http:///forum/post/3191480
if it would swim through the sand like Bang Guy said, and doesn't eat fish or coral I would personally leave it. Good sand sifter, no?
Not really. It will eventually eat all of the sandbed infauna.
http:///forum/post/3191480
if it would swim through the sand like Bang Guy said, and doesn't eat fish or coral I would personally leave it. Good sand sifter, no?
Not really. It will eventually eat all of the sandbed infauna.