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Old 08-06-2011, 12:44 AM
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i have found a small (about 2") green worm crawling on glass today it had whiteish hairs coming out of one end. anyone know what it is and if there good or bad
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Old 08-06-2011, 04:21 AM
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Have a look here and see if you can find it.
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:16 AM
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very cool thank you. i need to get a pic next time so i can identify it properly
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Old 08-06-2011, 02:27 PM
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A worm crawling on glass? could be a nudibranch. If is it a nudibranch, it won't survive long anyway as they are specialized eaters and will probably starve to death in the home aquarium. They only eat one thing and that's it.

Of course we would need a pic of it to be sure.

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i have found a small (about 2") green worm crawling on glass today it had whiteish hairs coming out of one end. anyone know what it is and if there good or bad
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Old 08-06-2011, 02:59 PM
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Yeah I'll try get a pic if I ever see again. It feed like a cucumber as the hairs were Waving about then individually pulled into mouth and cleaned off. So I would think a filter feeder but one never knows
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this is the worm just a harmless palp feeder. which im glad to read
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