One HUGE MAMA

[kiefers]

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Need I say more when I say I have one big Bristle worm? Lol...
And..... she is still wrapped around the rock aout another 3 inches!

 

[meowzer]

OMG!!!!! That would freak me out.....LOL....Are you going to get it out of there??

 

[rickross23]

Why I hate them....why i want an arrow crab...how big is it?

 

[kiefers]

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/391469/one-huge-mama#post_3471772
OMG!!!!! That would freak me out.....LOL....Are you going to get it out of there??
Lol..... six months ago I saw i in my coral QT and I didn't have the heart to. She is one mean CUC Queen. So far she leaves everything alone.
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Originally Posted by rickross23 http:///t/391469/one-huge-mama#post_3471773
Why I hate them....why i want an arrow crab...how big is it?
It's hard to tell......... she never fully stretches out but to guess 5 or 6 or inches
But I think it's safe to say that I am beyond the arrow crab now. Lol

 

[kiefers]

just fed the critter. It ate like a snake. Wow, I couldn't get a pick, too blurry.
It's funny, Joe has a Mantis Shrimp and I have a ginormous worm.

 

[novahobbies]

I know I have a couple big ones in the SH tank, but I'm happier not seeing them. Yech. These things need to be the HP Elves of our tanks....do their jobs, but don't be seen. Ever.

 

[kiefers]

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Originally Posted by novahobbies http:///t/391469/one-huge-mama#post_3471803
I know I have a couple big ones in the SH tank, but I'm happier not seeing them. Yech. These things need to be the HP Elves of our tanks....do their jobs, but don't be seen. Ever.
To some extent I agree. I sat there and watched it for a couple of hours last night. I decided to feed it a little scallop and watch it. The pepermint shrimp grabbed the scallop and the worm flared up like a cobra and slowly took it away from the shrimp, and then swollowed it. It slowly then went back under it's rock for the night. Pretty cool!

 

[btldreef]

Yuck!
I allow the little ones to stay in my tank, but the bigger ones get pulled. I recently pulled out a 9" one from a rock in my octopus tank. It got a burial at sea.

 

[msb256]

I feel like a rookie here, but what is that? Something that hitchhiked into your tank and grew?

 

[bang guy]

IMO having a couple/few large ones like that is incredibly beneficial to the health of the tank. During the lean times the smaller ones may die away but the larger ones can handle a lack of food for a long time. When something bad happens like a fish dies behind the rocks it will be the larger ones that rush in and consume the carcass before it begins to harm the rest of the tank.
I've always had at least one 6" - 12" worm in my fry growout tanks just for this reason. There is no more versatile carrion consumer than a large Fireworm.