Bongo Shrimp
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So a few weeks ago I thought I saw a really large bristle worm late at night when I shined my flashlight in the tank. Until tonight I had not seen it again. So at, yes, 1:00 AM I'm just checking things out to see the late night critters that come out and I see a flash of pink moving really fast. I immediately switch to red light so whatever it was won't see the light anymore and I see it again. I still haven't seen the head yet, just a large pink and fuzzy looking body of a worm. So I have wanted this thing out of the tank since the first time I saw it because a 7 inch worm in a 29g tank is just not a good thing, so I ran to get the turkey baster, flipped the light back to white light so I could see what I was doing, and went to suck it up.
As I was sucking it up, it tried to retreat into a hole in the rock and that is when I realized what it was- a Bobbit Worm. I still can't believe I got it out. I feel luck since I know of other people who have had to destroy their tank and take a rock outside at 3:00 AM and smash it on the driveway to get the 4 foot worm out...
My main concern is, is this a case of "Where there's one there's more?" Or is it usually an isolated incident?
Here's the pics: (he's about 8 to 9 inches long)
I can't believe I have been putting my hands in there with that- that thing in there!
As I was sucking it up, it tried to retreat into a hole in the rock and that is when I realized what it was- a Bobbit Worm. I still can't believe I got it out. I feel luck since I know of other people who have had to destroy their tank and take a rock outside at 3:00 AM and smash it on the driveway to get the 4 foot worm out...
My main concern is, is this a case of "Where there's one there's more?" Or is it usually an isolated incident?
Here's the pics: (he's about 8 to 9 inches long)
I can't believe I have been putting my hands in there with that- that thing in there!