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06-04-2006, 05:25 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Denton, Tx, TX,Texas Age: 30
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|  help Identify please :)
hi guys,
I added some live rock a couple of months back and now I have some new visitors in the tank, can some one help Identify? I wonder if they are good/bad to have in the tank? Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
sorry my phone cam sucks 
thanks a bunch.
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06-04-2006, 05:27 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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What you've got there is a bristleworm. A beneficial detritivore | |
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06-04-2006, 05:30 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Denton, Tx, TX,Texas Age: 30
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phew!!! thanks
I was worried | |
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06-04-2006, 05:33 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Your picture links are hosed up .
I handtyped in the links and it looks like a bristle worm to me.
I wouldn't be too worried about it unless it becomes a nusiance critter later on. http://www.chesapeakebay.net/polychaete.htm http://www.wetwebmedia.com/bristlewrmfaqs.htm
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06-04-2006, 08:18 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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Bristleworms. They have a bad reputation but they are good scavengers. Their bristles sting, though, so be careful. They reproduce very quickly and can grow very long. Some people eliminate them from their tanks based on their reputation. The best way is with a bristleworm trap (Google that)
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Hitchikers: stomatella snails burrowing clams brittle star asterina stars peanut worms bristleworms "pods"
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06-05-2006, 12:34 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Originally Posted by amcarrig What you've got there is a bristleworm. A beneficial detritivore | Not all amcarrig. Some are known to attack clams, some are even opportunistic. You can help determine if yours is a good scavenger by the color of the worm itself, but who knows what those little guys would be up to.
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06-05-2006, 03:00 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Ahh yes. Worms it is. We all have them...In our tanks, that is.... I named one of mine.
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06-10-2006, 09:39 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
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Gee, Wendy. I don't have any worms. I feel that I'm missing out! _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
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06-11-2006, 01:16 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Let me know, and I will be happy to send you some. specify size.
Do you not have live rock? They come free with it. | |
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06-11-2006, 11:03 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Originally Posted by Wendy Let me know, and I will be happy to send you some. specify size.
Do you not have live rock? They come free with it. | Your so kind Wendy, but I think he was just being playful.  | |
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