A Worm...helllppp!!!

meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
http:///forum/post/3065936
Is it an epitoke?

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3065962
That would be my guess as well....
OK...I have no clue what an "epitoke" is...so I am looking it up and it says a worm
..OK...SO FAR I have not been able to find a pic of the one I have
ORRRR have I been able to find info on whether or not it is bad......
I hate to ask this....but can someone point me in the right direction??
Everytime I do a search on the wwm place...all I get is questions and answers
 
meowzer

meowzer

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OK...After doing more reading...and if I am reading this right....an epitoke is the swimming part of the reproductive process of a worm.....for example a bristleworm?
So it is NOT bad???? This worm is in my 54g (horse tank) so I really would like to know for sure...
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3066170
Are bristle worms okay in a horse tank? Inquiring minds need to know!!!
I wouldn't fill the tank with them, I think the bristles would not be a good thing if they stuck the horse (or anything else for that matter) I have used a bristle worm trap to remove them, and tried to manually when I see them...I know I have lessened the population as much as possible. or as much as I know what to do about them....
If anyone has anything to add about them I'd be interested too
 
loopy101

loopy101

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hmmm do you remember the larva that you saw a week or two ago? could it be that some of them things survived and this is just the next stage of its life?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by loopy101
http:///forum/post/3066364
hmmm do you remember the larva that you saw a week or two ago? could it be that some of them things survived and this is just the next stage of its life?
LOL...The larva stuff was in the fuge of the 225g....this THING was in my 54g...and is now in a cup
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Personally I don't care for BMs in my seahorse tank. There's not much you can do about it though. The reason I don't like them in there is that they go for the mysis and can be accidently eaten by the SH. I know 2 off hand that died from BW snout injuries.
I wouldn't worry about the epitoke.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3066718
Personally I don't care for BMs in my seahorse tank. There's not much you can do about it though. The reason I don't like them in there is that they go for the mysis and can be accidently eaten by the SH. I know 2 off hand that died from BW snout injuries.
I wouldn't worry about the epitoke.
LOL...It died in the cup...
...I had taken it out until I knew what it was.
I don't like the bristles worms anywhere to tell you the truth...I hate them, but I know they have a job and a purpose too....I have removed some from the horse tank...but I also know there are more...like you said...what can you do
 
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