Bristle worm question

Alberta-newb · #1 02-10-2009, 04:27 AM

I was cleaning up some red turf algae in my tank tonight when I noticed one of the large bristle worms in my tank poke one end out and emit a jet of white fluid!

Enough was "spewed" out that my water turned cloudy. Anyone see this behavior before? Trying to put this delicately to not offend..was it spawning either eggs or sperm, ejecting waste or some type of defence? Should I be worried?

Alberta-newb · #2 02-10-2009, 05:15 AM

Spent some time on WetWebMedia and found the answer....seems I've got a bunch of sperm/gametes in my tank.....eeewwww

Samw · #3 02-10-2009, 07:22 AM

Sort of like this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49296009&hl=en

Woohoo, my 3000th post.

justinl · #4 02-10-2009, 09:12 AM

dont drink the water. fish (and other marine organisms) have sex in it.

Flash · #5 02-10-2009, 02:01 PM

wow.. that's a little gross! lol that's a big worm! lol!

phreezee · #6 02-10-2009, 03:29 PM

Makes you think twice about siphoning water...

bignose · #7 02-10-2009, 04:16 PM

Gross, but interesting at the same time.

hillegom · #8 02-10-2009, 05:27 PM

eeyouuu
I am now thinking twice about my siphoning habits

Alberta-newb · #9 02-11-2009, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samw

Sort of like this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49296009&hl=en

Woohoo, my 3000th post.

Yes! Thanks for the video link....I think

What surprised me it was just one big worm (around 10" long) and this boy totally clouded up 120 gallons with one blast! Couldn't even see the back of the tank for a few minutes... Now I'm really grossed out!