Quick question

[my obsession]

Hello everyone, I have a quick question. I found a worm living in a piece of live rock. It resembles a bristleworm, but do bristleworms come out of their hole grab a piece of substrate and carry it back to their entrance? I was both spooked and mezmerized at the same time. Thanks!

 

[bigarn]

Bristle worms will do that. Are you sure it isn't a Peanut worm?

 

[my obsession]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not really sure what it is. It only comes out at night after I've fed my sun corals. It only extends its body far enough out of its hole to reach the bottom. It grabs a piece of substrate and in the blink of an eye its back in the hole. From what I can see he has antennas and is grayish in color. I wish I could get a picture of him. Kind of creepy.

 

[bigarn]

Sounds like it may be a Peanut worm. Try doing a search and see if that's it.

 

[m0nk]

Yeah, I agree, it does sound like a peanut worm. They often have dark colored rings around it's body, if that helps some.

 

[my obsession]

It doesn't really look like a peanut worm. I will tell you one thing he has a mean looking little mouth!

 

[whisk]

I have worms that are doing the same thing. Did their tubes look something like this?

 

[my obsession]

That's exactly what he spends his night building. Any idea what it is?

 

[whisk]

No idea, but im trying to find out myself, i'll let you know when I do.

 

[my obsession]

Thanks. I've been going through all of the posts trying to find out.

 

[whisk]

I am still looking...closest thing I found was maybe a spaghetti worm but not quite. maybe bumping this thread will help with some more answers.

 

[my obsession]

I was looking all over too before I decided to post this. Where is Cranbery!