icky goo

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  1. dano

    dano Spaghetti Worm

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    on the under side of one of my rocks i found this orange worm sorta looking thing. it pokes itself out and spits streams of goo. looks like what a spider does. its weird cause it looks like it reaches back and hawks a loogie. i tried to get a pic but its pretty small and was hard. but i can try harder if nobody knows what this goo spittin thing is.
    help it spits goo pretty far.
     
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  3. reiple

    reiple Fire Shrimp

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    my rocks spits out what looks like dust but never goo. strange. anyone?
     
  4. dano

    dano Spaghetti Worm

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    nobody is reading the goo post so i guess im just going to remove the rock. i called the lfs and they had no idea either
     
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    somethingfishy Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Sorry I don't know this wish I could help.

    Karma for you goo spitting worm :)
     
  6. Matt Rogers

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    Man that's a weird description! Hope you can get a pic. Did you really remove the rock? Did you put it in a bucket with some water?
     
  7. dano

    dano Spaghetti Worm

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    i didnt take the rock out. i noticed something craaaaaaaaazy while feeding my fish. it poked two wiskers out and shot goo about six inches. that goo started collecting food and it pulled it back into its hole. this thing is a cross between super sick / super awesome.
    i have been trying to get a pic but its pretty small.
    and easily spooked. my fish swim by and it ducks out about a million miles an hour.
     
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  9. m_lacom99

    m_lacom99 Stylophora

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    Ok dano... not sure but i think i have the same thing in my tank... i never saw it shoot out goo but i saw the 2 wiskers come out of a little hole. The thing is i got a pic of mine... I will post it tonight when i get home from work.

    Marc.
     
  10. dano

    dano Spaghetti Worm

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    good deal i will try harder to get one of mine spitting
     
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  12. m_lacom99

    m_lacom99 Stylophora

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    I dont think mine is Vermetid gastropod but like i said i dont think mine shouts out goo... mine just have 2 tentacles that come out of a little white tube. They can stick out almost 2 inches and then retract back in.