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Worm ID.

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Well I noticed some of my Zoa's missing about a month ago, a few nights ago I seen this worm stretched out on the sandbed. Since I have already removed one elucid worm, I really didn't look forward to this, but it had to be done. I came home today and removed the three rocks (with corals) on top of the rocks it was last seen in. I sprayed each rock with freshwater and waited to see what happened, which was nothing more than the usual pods, and bristle worms leaving the rocks. Finally I decided to submurge the rock in a 5 gallon bucket of super hot water. That got him to leave his home. This thing is about 3/4 round and 6-7 inches long in the pictures. When it was stretched out on the sand bed, it was at least 12-15 inches long. It doesn't look like a bristle worm but that's what I'm hoping for. I doesn't look like the last elucid worm I removed but I wasn't gonna take a chance. I got it all removed and rock and coral put back in.


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Updated 03-22-2011 at 02:25 PM by Blown76mav

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  1. melev's Avatar
    It looks like a fat bristleworm to me.
  2. Sumpmonkey's Avatar
    Big fat nasty bristle worm.When they get that big they give me the creeps.hope your corals are okay
  3. baker.shawn's Avatar
    OMG that is one chubby bristleworm
  4. Blown76mav's Avatar
    Glad to hear the id's are all the same, I figured it was but it wasn't red like the little ones. Oh well, in the garbage can now. No way I was gonna have that roaming the tank!
  5. kitch40's Avatar
    Man that is one ugly worm... here is one from my tank, about 1/8" diameter undetermined length!