YIKES..Look at this!!

scott t

scott t

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Yeah, I hope not either that would be scary if it did lol
Its scary enough looking now as it is....
 
speg

speg

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I have a few of these that run through my sand. I don't know if they're bristle worms because I've never actually seen "bristles" on them, but I don't know if that means they're not related. They look more like earth worms to me. They do a good job of getting those hard to reach areas :)
 
jackri

jackri

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I take it no one has seen any of the 4 foot ones that hide during the day. Now those are ugly and can hide amazingly well in a medium sized tank.
 
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jstdv8

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I have a bristle worm in my tank that I'd say is 12-14" and as big around as my pinkie, scraes the hell out of me everytime i see it.
Also, I'm not sure if bristleworms are big fans of the sand itself., I have loads of them in my tnak and when i upgraded from my 90 to my 120 and I was scooping out the sand I didn't find a single bristleworm actually in the sand, many hiding under rocks and in rocks, but not one in the sand itself.
 
speg

speg

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Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3288412
I have a bristle worm in my tank that I'd say is 12-14" and as big around as my pinkie, scraes the hell out of me everytime i see it.
Also, I'm not sure if bristleworms are big fans of the sand itself., I have loads of them in my tnak and when i upgraded from my 90 to my 120 and I was scooping out the sand I didn't find a single bristleworm actually in the sand, many hiding under rocks and in rocks, but not one in the sand itself.
careful..some of the bigger ones eat coral.
 
flower

flower

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LOL… Meowzer, you are supposed to look at your tank from the front view, not underneath.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3288468

LOL… Meowzer, you are supposed to look at your tank from the front view, not underneath. What were you doing on the floor looking up and exactly how many margaritas have you had?
LOL.....When you have a sump, refugium, killer skimmer, phosphate reactor.....you spend a lot of time checking out the "underside" ANYWAYS....I was drinking wine last night

You really ought to look at your tank from below......you would be amazed at what you see
 
whysohigh

whysohigh

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that was interesting to me so i decided to have a look under mine as well. i have about 10 or so of those bad boys, that i can see. are these for sure bristle worms? how do i get them out?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by whysohigh
http:///forum/post/3288471
that was interesting to me so i decided to have a look under mine as well. i have about 10 or so of those bad boys, that i can see. are these for sure bristle worms? how do i get them out?
You don't!!! They are actually beneficial to the tank....they eat detrius and other waste....they are just scary too LOL
 
whysohigh

whysohigh

Member
is there an exact name for these species of worm? i dont think this is the species that gets big enough to cause damage, but im still a newbie and ive been wrong before.
 
speg

speg

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Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3288476
So I've heard, you wanna come over and pluck him out for me so i can put him in my sump?
Nope..I had a huge coral eating fireworm a few years ago...waited until night..shined a blue light in the tank..plucked him out with a little robo-arm gripper I had..and I let him die outside....
Lost a lot of coral and my big anemone to him.
 
gill again68

gill again68

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Is that finger growing a beard or is that bristles from a bristle worm?? I have only seen 1 bristle worm in my tank but he was nice size round 5 or 6 inches I would say. For some stupid reason I am going to get up walk on my broke toe and go look underneath my tank.
 
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