What is this?? *PICS*

[marie]

I still say spaghetti worms, there are different types and the tentacles can reach 4ft long. There are some pics half way down this page

http://www.marinelifephotography.com...s/annelida.htm

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by marie

I still say spaghetti worms, there are different types and the tentacles can reach 4ft long. There are some pics half way down this page

http://www.marinelifephotography.com...s/annelida.htm

I'll agree I have some with like foot long ones they will catch some food on just roll it in

[andresont]

spaghetti worms, good scavenger.

[justinl]

would those tentacle thingies bother corals though?

[Moogled]

Mat, I have these "threads" in my tank as well. Mine are kind of a dark yellow color and come out from the rocks.

It's like a loose spool of thread that's just in your tank for whatever reason, right?

[Diana]

I've seen ginormous spagetti worms on the internet...

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by Diana

I've seen ginormous spagetti worms on the internet...

lol - Ginormous, love that word

And yeah - they're kosher. I started with a few, and freaked out (I actually pulled a few from the rock when I first saw them) but they've multipled and do great things to clear off the substrate. Heck, even cleaned up a dead hermit crab for me

As they multiply, they'll start looking more and more strange, you'll see big pockets of "thread" - but be assured, the stuff is GOOD!

[Canadbis]

Originally Posted by Moogled

Mat, I have these "threads" in my tank as well. Mine are kind of a dark yellow color and come out from the rocks.

It's like a loose spool of thread that's just in your tank for whatever reason, right?

Yes they do. THey kind of feel around and stick to debri on the sand and pull it in as other say. i grabbed one piece before and as soon as I did that they all pulled in but didnt stop this thing from coming back.

A worm this big wont hurt fish or inverts will it?

[andresont]

Originally Posted by justinl

would those tentacle thingies bother corals though?

I think corals are more agressive then the worm, at any rate that is why we use chemical filtration (carbon, and other absorbents)