Pretty Big Worm!!!! - Help identify

[BCOrchidGuy]

Hm.. Greyish brown thing, kept one end anchored in some rock, would elongate it's snout out of the rocks and dig around for food, it never bothered a snail etc, matter of fact if it touched anything that moved or if you got the flash light on it, it would kinda corkscrew back into the rock, very very quickly, everyone told me it was a peanut worm.

Doug

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I removed the rock, but never found the worm. It fits the description of yours though...

ya it is in the rock that you sold me, I see him all the time.. never eats snails in my tank though.

Steve

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

ya it is in the rock that you sold me, I see him all the time.. never eats snails in my tank though.

Steve

I seriously doubt that is the same worm, Steve. Mine had "snotty" tunnels outside the hole it lived in and it ate snails continuosly. And it would never come out unless the room was pitch black..Iwould have to wait in the dark and surprise it with a flashlight. Red light wouldn't even work.

[StirCrazy]

yup this had snotty tunnels and it used to steal krill from my brain when I fed it. the only time I ever saw it was in the verry verry dim glow of my moon light, once the flash light came on it was gone in a flash.. and it lived in the big polyp rock i got from you.

Steve

[Aquattro]

Well, if it's the same one, put little warning signs out for the snails. Or drop the rock in some bleach!

[Dazz]

Well, it definately sounds like a bristle worm. On reef central there was a guy who had a 500 gallon tank who had to take his whole tank apart because he had a 6 foot bristle worm in it! There are pics too. I will see if I can find a link. Once they get that large (12"+), you really should remove them IMO.

EDIT:

Found them!

http://reefcentral.com/forums/attach...postid=1032288

http://reefcentral.com/forums/attach...postid=1033108

Yea... pretty nasty!

[wayner]

Dazz:

The guy your talking about is Steve Weast, it wasn't a bristle worm it was some other worm that was eating his zoos & softies, I think it ended up being 7 feet long, that would just freak me out & might make give up the hobby & do something safe like Jazz Ballet

[Aquattro]

Guys, the worm I'm thinking of is called Oenone fulgida. Search Dr. Ron's forum for info.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Gads that's disgusting..

Doug

[Son Of Skyline]

Man...that guy has a huge worm.