marine worms

[adder]

hi i know u get bristle worm in your marine tank (i found out last sunday shock horror)do you get othet types of worms in a marine tank then if so what colour r they &
what r they called ??

 

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Good guys are two toned and small fuzzy looking. Bad guys looks like a grey centipede....but those are not little legs, they are in the bristle worm family and they sting bad if you touch them with your hand . They can hide in the rocks undetected until they get big enough to eat your corals...that's what happened to me. Called the Bobbit worm.

 

[florida joe]

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/345243/parasitic-worms

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by florida joe http:///forum/thread/385781/marine-worms#post_3385074
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/345243/parasitic-worms

...I'm sure Adder will be a nervous wreak just thinking about all the creepy crawlies he now knows lurks just waiting to get his little pets...I know I will be watching my fish a little closer. I had the Bobbit worm so it was on my mind, I forgot about those others because I
never dealt with them...The only bad worms I ever had besides the Bobbit were hook worms in my freshwater tank
Good post Joe!

 

[bang guy]

There's a type of Nemertean called a Bootlace Worm that can get to 100 feet long or so.

 

[adder]

a m8 what is a bobbit worm & what does that look like ?

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by adder http:///forum/thread/385781/marine-worms#post_3386533
a m8 what is a bobbit worm & what does that look like ?
a centipede...look at the picture above