worm??? if so get rid of it ??

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by mufassathelion, Mar 22, 2009.

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  1. mufassathelion

    mufassathelion Skunk Shrimp

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    ok i ben set up 2 months now and i got this worm looking thing..... have no clue i know i didn't buy it...its long and looks like a earthworm but is comming out of a rock...from exactly where i cannot tell.... can anyone id this thing... and tell me if it is a pest or a keeper... thanks mufassa
     

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  3. mufassathelion

    mufassathelion Skunk Shrimp

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    sorry thats the best pics i can get and this is the first time ive saw it
     
  4. Annie3410

    Annie3410 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    looks like a peanut worm. They are harmless
     
  5. mufassathelion

    mufassathelion Skunk Shrimp

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    all i know is it stretching to bout 4 inches
     
  6. salsalito25

    salsalito25 Stylophora

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    may even be a bristle worm..
     
  7. Annie3410

    Annie3410 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    it has the markings like a peanut. can you watch the very tip of it. if it seems to extend, then have a tiny tuff of feathers that quikly disapear, then it is a peanut.
     
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  9. mufassathelion

    mufassathelion Skunk Shrimp

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    it extends out like a normal regular wormdoes.. but the very end seem to have a round discus typethingy... kinda like the end of a squids tenticles...best way to describe it