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08-11-2008, 07:22 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Florida
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|  Spaghetti Worm ?
I think this is a spaghetti worm.
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08-11-2008, 07:56 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Yes it is and do nothing  They are beneficial detritivors. | |
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08-11-2008, 08:19 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  Yes it is and do nothing They are beneficial detritivors. |
Well that is good.
If I don't like how they look do I just scrape them off the rock or will that just make more? | |
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08-11-2008, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ALW or will that just make more? | Good question that I don't know the answer to. I do know, however, that all you are seeing is half of the worm. The rest of it is probably embedded in the rock so scraping probably won't get rid of the worm. | |
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08-11-2008, 08:41 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Originally Posted by amcarrig Good question that I don't know the answer to. I do know, however, that all you are seeing is half of the worm. The rest of it is probably embedded in the rock so scraping probably won't get rid of the worm. |
Do you know how long it'll get? | |
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08-11-2008, 08:55 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I live on the Nature coast of Fl
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Mine aren't that long but they can stretch. I believe the they eat debris, thy help clean up your tank. | |
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08-11-2008, 08:57 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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I dunno--kinda looks like chaetomorpha to me. . . 
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08-11-2008, 09:02 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Originally Posted by ReefSparky I dunno--kinda looks like chaetomorpha to me. . . | It is definitely a creature. It retracts when you touch it. | |
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08-11-2008, 09:17 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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OK then. It's not chaeto! | |
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08-11-2008, 01:14 PM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Originally Posted by ReefSparky OK then. It's not chaeto! | LMAO!, that was a good one...lol | |
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