HOLY 8inch FIRE WORM BATMAN!!!

[peef]

So a few weeks ago I spotted the little tail of a fire or bristle worm in a hole in my live rock...and when I say little I mean half an inch wide and about half an inch sticking out. Well........Last night I got up to look at my tank in nocturnal mode and HOLY Crap, there was the worm out and lurking and at least 8-9 inches long when stretched out. Well needless to say I fished him out and thought I would post some pics. No more have popped up to say hi but I am watching now.

 

[tx reef]

Freaky looking aren't they? I had one in my old tank that was close to that size.......

 

[gatorwpb]

WOW!! Good job

I wouldnt even put my finger next to a dead one, nasty stingers!

 

[peef]

Yeah, no kidding. I love seeing them when I scuba dive they are nice looking but no way in my tank.

 

[isistius]

Mmmm..........lunch

 

[nygel]

try one thats two feet in a ten gallon... that sucked...

 

[peef]

Originally Posted by nYgel
try one thats two feet in a ten gallon... that sucked...

I didn't even know that they got that big!!!! Thats freaken crazy. Did you manage? Is there anything that I can do to try and see if there are any others? Yah know like a way to lure them out of hiding?

 

[isistius]

bristle/fire worm trap???

 

[peef]

Originally Posted by Isistius
bristle/fire worm trap???

Are you saying there is one? Or that there should be?

 

[yerboy]

Here are some i pulled out of my 12gallon
the largest one in this pics is about 6"

 

[isistius]

Originally Posted by peef
Are you saying there is one? Or that there should be?
i am pretty sure that they make them. you can do a search for them on that drs site

 

[nick76]

Originally Posted by nYgel
try one thats two feet in a ten gallon... that sucked...

pictures?

 

[nygel]

best i got, its all curled up, but i kept it in a tiny jar in there for a while, i personally saw it go up a rock and grab (then kill) a snail. their were actually two... the only other pics i have are it curled up dead in a bucket full of freshwater. this was also before i had a good camera. but yea, i saw it jolt into a rock, so i picked the rock up atleast just under 2 feet above the tank and it was hanging from it into the sand trying to slide out.... i found other since then in my 29g, but nothing that size, just usually half a foot or so, but i did have one that was about just over 1 foot... no pics, i saw it at nite, stuck a net in, threw it in freshwater...

 

[peef]

Sooooo, I found out that Arrow crabs will eat fairly small bristle worms of any type. Not the huge jumbos but hey I have devised a devilish trap for them that catches them and is SUPER cheap!!!!!
Get a small tuperwear, <---don't know how to spell that.
Not clear so wormies can't see the food inside.
Put a mixture of some food inside, raw clam, cooked but fresh shrimp, raw "human type fish" That we would eat.
use a razor blade and cut an X into the center of lid of Trap
Slightly smaller than you expect worm to be.
push corners of X in so wormies can enter...BUT they can't leave (if X is correct size) because the X pushes out and traps them if they try to leave.
YEAH, worked for me and is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP