Stuck Fish; Now There All Stuck and Dead!! HELP!

[untamed]

Originally Posted by justinl

maybe you got one of these in there...
http://www.stephenwong.com/divetoto/...it_Worm_01.jpg

bobbit worm (eunice)... check out the jaws on this guy. lol joke though. these guys live in the sand. apparently when the feed, they trap fish and do it so forcefully that they often split the prey in two! ouch.

I keep those in my tank also. My largest is probably 2-3 feet long (Max) ...and that's in my hex that has no side larger than 1.5 ft. Even at that length, Max couldn't ingest anything bigger than a pencil eraser. There are hundreds of species, but Max is mainly vegetarian unless something dies conveniently in reach. They are VERY good at pulling things toward their homes. If it won't fit down the hole, it is dropped at the doorstep.

Here's a shot of Max, grabbing a leafy snack.


Of course there was Steve Weast's famous 7 footer...but even that one wasn't taking fish, it was eating coral polyps.

[psychedelic]

Oh my god. What is Max? I've never seen anything quite like it?

[justinl]

bah! lol i never thought i would ever actually see one in a home aquarium. man... you are the KING of hitch hikers.

you know... he's actually kinda pretty... iridescent. huh cool.

bahahaha +1 on kwirky's suspect! gotta bee the pink fuzzy thing with a flower for sure!

[Coderad]

So if this was a desease, what kind of desease? what could have been the cause? Is it still in my tank? How do I get rid of it?