Need help identifing worm

woody189

woody189

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I have 45 lbs of LR in my tank and whenever i turn the lights on in the morning i see a stringy, elastic, tentacle sticking out of the rock. It is striped, dark brown and beige i guess. The second i turn the lights on, it retracts back into the rock and i never see it w/ the lights on.
I see it consistently when i first turn on the lights, and i saw a 2nd one that was longer last night in another rock (2nd rock is not touching any other another rock, jsut sandbed). I tried to search but idk what it is. it appears that if it were a spaghetti worm, i would see more than 1 tentacle but there is only 1 per rock. They look too long and skinny to be peanut worms.
I'm not worried about them hurting my tank, but i would like to know what they are.
thanks
 
woody189

woody189

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i googgled it and the pictures don't look like mine. They are all short and stubby but mine is long and skinny tentacle things
 
woody189

woody189

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could i just do a FW dip?? if so how would i do it??
is it okay to FW dip a cured piece of LR that is going directly back to my main tank?? i'm curious as to what it is and this piece of rock just happens to not be attached to any other piece meaning i won't have to re-aquascape.
 
woody189

woody189

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2786449
eunicid worm?

Not even close.
I dont' see the worm itself...just the tentacle/ arm/whatever. The arms stick out of the holes in the LR, i have no idea how the body looks, but either way, it's not that worm..thanks anyway
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by woody189
http:///forum/post/2786213
i googgled it and the pictures don't look like mine. They are all short and stubby but mine is long and skinny tentacle things
The pics you saw...were the worms outside the rock, laying exposed?
They look different when they are stretching out of a rock. Long and slender, they are. I'll look for a better pic than the "short & stubbies" you found.
Found one!
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factshee...ase=sipunculid
You don't see the fat part. You see the long narrow end that protrudes from the rock searching for food. They can reach a LONG way. I had one that easily stretched 8-10 inches.
I went ahead and stole their pic since I linked to the museum.
 
woody189

woody189

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Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2786928
The pics you saw...were the worms outside the rock, laying exposed?
They look different when they are stretching out of a rock. Long and slender, they are. I'll look for a better pic than the "short & stubbies" you found.
Found one!
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factshee...ase=sipunculid
You don't see the fat part. You see the long narrow end that protrudes from the rock searching for food. They can reach a LONG way. I had one that easily stretched 8-10 inches.
I went ahead and stole their pic since I linked to the museum.
Yup... that's it. My curiosity is quenched. Thank you.
they won't ever come out of the rock will they??
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by woody189
http:///forum/post/2787623
Yup... that's it. My curiosity is quenched. Thank you.
they won't ever come out of the rock will they??
You're welcome.
I only recall one ever moving. I never saw it out of the rock, but one night it turned up in a different rock. They are beneficial and will scavenge your LR after dark.
 
big

big

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Originally Posted by reeferstace
http:///forum/post/2786393
Perhaps what you are seeing are the arms of a brittle star?
Me too the stripes where the clue that I thought Brittle, but brown sounds like a Peanut!!!!!
 
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