Gross

[Limi310]

Well I haven't sat and observed my tank after 'lights out' for a while. Well I did tonight and got a surprise.

It doesn't look like it in the picture, but this guy was easily as big around as a pencil. Plus the part of him that was out was pretty long and I never saw the end. ...*shudder*. He was stealing food from the sun coral.
Brings to mind the picture someone posted a while back of the one that was like 12 feet long.

 

[saltwater4life]

wow he looks big

 

[Guysy1110]

sends a shiver through my spine :S

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Aw, he's cute! What are you going to name him?

 

[Breene]

Oregonreef.com

I never thought i would say this but im scared of that worm.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

yup..uncool discovery..

 

[Triple88a]

"chop it up into little pieces and throw it out" lol i hate those kind of things.

 

[usacutie81]

ew ew ew ew Get rid of it right away!

 

[Katie217]

ew it looks like its big, id go in there and try to pull it out

 

[Lorna]

well they can regenerate from the remaining pieces if it were to break. I would try and trap it, I think that is the only way you are going to get him without breaking down your tank.......

 

[Limi310]

Yeah and it's not like it's in a nice piece of PVC either...it was coming out of this large piece of LR.
What's the harm in leaving him there? Besides the obvious..ick. Is this the 'bad' kind? He was kind of silvery and irridescent green.
If he needs to come out what methods do you suggest? A soda bottle?

 

[saltwater4life]

i know some types eat corals and stuff not sure about anything else tho...

 

[ram man]

wow, so much panic over such a harmless animal, this is a bristle worm that eats left over food and dieing things. very good tank cleaners.

 

[Lorna]

I would leave it myself but if you do want to catch it I would use the soda bottle trap method.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

You will need some kind on fish trap. Like these http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/fre...tting-rid-uneaten-feeders.html?highlight=trap

MAHA

 

[Limi310]

Eh, I'll probably just leave him and name him Hector.

And I definitely wasn't panicked....it was more like a "wow, I didn't know that was in there". I'd only want to get him out if he was the bad (coral eating) kind of worm.

 

[Joe Fish]

I just discovered one of these last week. I made the decision to watch it, but I am going to keep it. From what I have researched they should only help. Certain fish do feed of them so that could be a solution too\.

 

[Brack-Man]

Hehe...*laughingc I have several of those bristle worms residing in my main tank and I just recently found a couple of large ones in my sump...if you see one theres probly more ....if you decide to get rid of them, the best method I've heard of is to put some food stuffs, shrimp pellets, mysis or some flakes, in side of some stockings (new ones ), knot them up weight them down and sink them into the tank after lights out. The next morning there should be some bristle worms trapped in the stockings, so just pull them out and discard....Problem solved

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Fairy wrasses also eradicate them quickly, if you decide you don't like them.

 

[Lorna]

yeah I think a couple fairy wrasses look much better than dead nylon stockings......hahaha....though I would give the stockings a go, sounds like a workable cheap trap.