Worm for Reefraf
 

Kind of small compared to the monsters you guys have.


http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...23_img_std.jpg

wow Sam that is a HUGE sucker! :shock:

and its mad :wink: Sam, I dar ya to take a pic of you holding it in your hand :wink: 8)

Steve

Do they bite? :) I haven't actually been doing too much reading on these guys.

see all thoes hairs along his boddy? they don;t call them fire worms for nothing.. they will stick in ya and burn and itch..

Steve

that's why they're called BRISTLE worms. :D We have some in our tank and they're ugly creatures (sorry if there's a worm police hehe).

Ah, so those bristles aren't just for show. :)

And some CAN bite!! Nice one....bring it along to the meeting and I'll give it a good home!

it's just a baby!! :shock: :wink:

Yeah compared to some of the ones in my tank it is just a baby. Looks like a couple I have in my 'fuge.

I might possibly have one of the largest local captive guy in my display tank. You should hear my wife say "Holy #!$#, look at the size of this one... ewww, it's so gross!" :?

He's no kidding the thickness of my little finger, and I can only guess his length as I've never seen him fully out of the rock he lives in. You can spot him at night extended about 8-10" out of his hole, scavenging. Would be interesting one day to see just how large he really is.

I got some compatition for ya Canadawest, did you see this one
http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3527

all thoes chunks are the same worm, and he is fater than my little finger.. I can only imagin how big he is.

Steve

Here's our fireworm contribution.

We finally caught this in December, when we were dismantling and re-assembling our reef.

Our attempt at capture earlier in the year had resulted in the worm breaking in half, with both halves living.

The red blade is 3 inches long.

http://pansy-paws.com/aquarium/images/Fireworm.JPG

http://pansy-paws.com/aquarium/images/Fireworm6.JPG

oh... so those are called fireworms? we had one similar to that when we first started our tank about 3 1/2 months ago. it looked really weird and only came out at night. but i haven't seen it in a long time. maybe it's dead or got eaten or something. is there any benefit in having that worm?... or are they just there because?

Most of these worms are harmless and are useful in that they stir the sandbed and consume detritus. Once in a while you'll encounter one that has a bad habit of eating snails or clams. I've had a lot that were just fine, but I did have one about 2 feet long that ate my snails.
Basically, if you don't catch it doing bad things, it's probably good to have in your sandbed.

HEY there Sam what in the bowl with it some FLAT WORMS :(

No, its some freeze dried plankton that I was trying to get it to chase down so that it would stretch its body. Didn't work though.