ID: Ohhh man who is this in my rock???

[jchmiel]

I don't know what this is, but he's been in my rock for who knows how long. I seen him in my tank the first time about 2 months ago. Can anyone ID him?

 

[michaeltx]

is it a worm or does it have a different body structure. hard to tell from the pic.
mike

 

[jchmiel]

certainly worm shape, comes in and out, runs inside when I bump the stand or tank.

 

[michaeltx]

I was thinking medussa worm but I dont think so after all because medussa have longer tenticals on around the mouth.
humm let see what I can find.
Mike

 

[michaeltx]

probably a peanut worm but the coloring is throwing me off check out this thread.
here
Mike

 

[jchmiel]

It is more like a slug kind of thing. Catapiller like - almost.

 

[michaeltx]

might be a young cucumber of some sort I am at a lose though.
mike

 

[petjunkie]

Does it have bristles like a bristleworm because I had a worm with antenna like that and found out it was a eunicid worm. Can be bad because they will eat coral when they get hungry enough. They bore holes in the rock and almost never come out all the way. Mine reached out far enough to grab the worm trap and drag it closer so he could eat the bait.

 

[maxalmon]

Originally Posted by petjunkie
Mine reached out far enough to grab the worm trap and drag it closer so he could eat the bait.

 

[sudc]

Definitely not a cucumber. Looks like it may be a Eunicid worm. Do a google search for them. If it is a eunicid, you should probably try and remove him.

 

[ice4ice]

Looks like that creature from the movie "Tremors" ! LOL !!!

 

[texasmetal]

That thing looks evil.

 

[jennythebugg]

Originally Posted by TexasMetal
That thing looks evil.
eeew i agree

 

[reefreak29]

looks like a peanut to me

 

[scoobs]

looks like a Eunicid to me.

 

[reefreak29]

yeh it does but in his pic theres only 4 antenias not 5 oh well

 

[scoobs]

Good point.. Hmm
Also in his pic that one looks like it maybe missing one or two if you look at the way they are arranged.
The antennas are segmented very similarly.

 

[reefreak29]

how big is the worm and is it lightning fast?

 

[petjunkie]

Not sure if you want him out or not but mine came out when I dumped hot tap water through its holes, I had to remove the rock to do this and unfortunatly killed him in the process, he started heading back in before all the way out and I ripped him into three pieces getting him totally out. It was twice as big as I had thought, I was wearing gloves just in cause. My problem was it was in a 2.5 gallon so I couldn't put traps out of his reach.
I just thought of something else, have you ever seen it eat because they have scary jaws that are very distictive.

 

[texasmetal]

I think the "5th" antenna is pointing toward the camera.