hitchhiker id

[peckhead]

what kinda worm is this? it looks like one you see outside when it rains. i was smashing some live rock for my wet dry and it was in the middle of a rock...

 

[peckhead]

chyea

 

[reefreak29]

may be a peanut worm but i cant tell

 

[peckhead]

anyone else? if there is one in the batch of rocks that i bought off someone online there are probably more right? can anyone tell what this is? it looked exatcly like a worm you would go fishing with or one that you can give up in your yard..

 

[ryanhayes9]

you know it looks sort of like that big worm steve weast had in his tank... 1 sec

 

[ryanhayes9]

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm
check it out!

 

[nygel]

it looks nothing like his worm! peanut is my guess

 

[peckhead]

are peanuts bad?
it was big but no llonger then 6 inches. same as a earth worm.

 

[peckhead]

i looked at a picture of a peanut worm and it looked like there is a fat end and a skinny end. this worm was skinny from end to end.

 

[sfoister]

This is not a peanut worm. I just had about 500 peanut worms in a shipment of LR and this looks nothing like them.
It's also not a Bristleworm.
As far as what it IS. Not sure.

 

[peckhead]

does anyone?

 

[sfoister]

Well, as no one else has replied. Your best bet might be a catalogue book. My local LFS has a book that has any kind of marine animal you could possibly need to ID. It was a small white book, pretty thick. I can't remember what it was. But I used that book to ID my peanut worms.
Sorry I don't have a title or an author, but I'm sure there are a number of books that you can use to ID the alleged hitch hiker.

 

[sharkbait9]

it looks like a peanut. Did you pick it up with your hand? if so then chances are its not a fire worm

 

[peckhead]

nope i used a paper towel to take it off. it looks nothing like the worms in the pictures i looked at of peanuts

 

[bang guy]

It looks like either some type of Bristle Worrm or Nemertea Worm. I need a much better picture to give better insight.