What is it?

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  1. ezz1r

    ezz1r Feather Star

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    Forum: i woke up this morning to find this worm like creature swimming for dear life like spermatozoa on steroids in my tank. It seems to me to be a worm it is reddish in color and seems to have two eyes on it head.

    Not the best picture but here it is.

    video of the crazy critter:

    DSCI0554.mp4 video by Ezz1r - Photobucket


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  2. 2in10

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    Might be an epitoke, reproductive cells of bristle worms.
     
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    Seems like it is definitely a bristle family worm.. was lucky enough my conch actually drove it out of the DSB and actually caught it swimming @ dawn...Thanks 2in10

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    Yarp.
     
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