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05-06-2008, 08:56 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2008 Location: victoria, australia
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 |  I.D this please black worm
I have found on a piece of live rock a long thin black worm with white (flame) markings on it head, which is rounded but seems to be split in the center, it also seems not to attach it self to anything but likes to hide under the rock, it ended up on my hand (much to my worry) and there was no reaction
Last edited by Jodee; 05-06-2008 at 09:33 PM.
Reason: trying to add photo
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05-06-2008, 09:03 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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05-06-2008, 09:07 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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Sounds like your basic run of the mill bristle worm.
( DO NOT touch it with your bare hands , if it is a bristle worm or other it will give you a painful sting.)
Need a picture of this worm to be for sure though. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:49 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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Remove that thing , any thing that large is a menace, i will look and reserach it , also ?
how did you aquire this ? how long do you suspect it to be in your tank ?
DON'T touch it bare handed,
I'll be honest ive never seen somthing like that , it almost looks like a kids rubber snake or somthing lol
It looks like some sort of an eel to be honest if any thing.
and red ? it looks like in one pic that it has yellow/greenish eyes ..lol like a kids toy.
Do you have kids ? did they perhaps throw somthing in there when you wer'int looking ?
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05-06-2008, 10:00 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
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05-06-2008, 10:20 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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Does it look / resemble this ? | |
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05-06-2008, 10:52 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2008 Location: victoria, australia
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no i live a lone so no-one has dropped anything in there, the piece of live rock i found it on ive had for over a month and have no troubles from this thing, i only found it as i had removed all the live rock from my tank as i have copepods? which after trouble with fluke i got nervous of the copepods as i didnt know what they were. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:55 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jodee  no i live a lone so no-one has dropped anything in there, the piece of live rock i found it on ive had for over a month and have no troubles from this thing, i only found it as i had removed all the live rock from my tank as i have copepods? which after trouble with fluke i got nervous of the copepods as i didnt know what they were. |
The pods are a GREAT thing to have , look back at that thumb nail i left ans ee if it looks like that .
At any rate i would leave this black worm/eel looking thing out of the tank for sure , none the less. | |
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05-06-2008, 11:04 PM
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| | Plankton
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No its more rounded in the body, its about 2/3mm thick and about 70mm long it curls up into a ball under the rock, it moves only if disturbed or to find some where to hide, i have it in a container floating in my QT tank | |
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05-07-2008, 06:57 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Its a flatworm if im correct. 
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