need info on a eaunice worm AKA bobbit AKA palolo

[fishheads]

are they harmful to my tank...or are they like bristle worms,with mixed feelings on whether they are benificial or predator depending on who you ask....CAUSE I HAVE ONE..AND I DONT THINK IM WILLING TO TEAR DOWN MY REEF TANK TO EXTRACT HIM IF I DONT HAVE TO...........YOUR FRIENDLY FISH GUY

 

[Boomer]

Bobbit worms are about the largest predatory segmented marine worms there are. It is almost aways recomended to remove them. They are known to kill small fish and shrimp, etc.. They can also produce a nasty bit. How sure are it is a Bobbit Worm ?

 

[Woodstock]

Scary looking mouth!!

 

[blue_eyes53813]

yuck... Gave me goose bumps... Those worms can get very large.. I would remove it

 

[sabodish]

eunice worms are bad for a reef tank...remove it if you can...you need to check out steve weasts experience with one...

Oregonreef.com

click on.."the worm incident"

 

[lcstorc]

They can get absolutely HUGE. I would remove it at the first opportunity.

 

[sasquatch]

Do I have to ask "WHY" its called a bobbit???

 

[boozeman]

:bouncebox:

 

[saltwaterfarm]

Scary...

 

[BigAl07]

Do I have to ask "WHY" its called a bobbit???

:LOL: No you did NOT go there... :LOL:

*slides WAY under My desk all safe and seated like*

 

[vdituri]

Boomer that is one scary looking creature.
Didn't he star in Dune?

 

[fishheads]

thanks guys....scary i know....i think its a eaunicid worm boomer..but it doesnt look that scary...it has legs that look like a bristle worms bristles but there legs...i have seen a picture of the bobbit before the scary mandibals come out and he looks just like the pic. i saw in the coral reef field guide(indo pacific)which is eaunice sp. but i also have the pocket expert guide MARINE INVERTABRATES by Ronald Shimeck and he looks nothing like either picture...i tried to chop his head off but i think i was unsucessful...ill probably never see him again...believe me ive sat up many a sleepless night looking for the critter that has been eating my shrooms and ricordias( like the oregon reef worm)the expencive orange ones with the green centers....he was eating a dead snail and was about 7 inches long streched thin like a bristle worm but it was no bristle worm

 

[Boomer]

I'll go there

The female may attack the male's sex organ after mating, detaching it with her sharp bone plates and then feeding it to her young. "Bobbit worm" named after the well ...........you ..............know.................who the guy is

 

[DaBird]

ROTFLMAO...That hit the spot!!...

 

[fishheads]

would chopping his head off take care of him...or would he just grow another one,or would the head just turn into another worm..a smaller version

 

[lcstorc]

They can't grow another head. Can they? That is really creepy if they can.
Sorry, just the thought creeps me out.

 

[taryn hall]

I Watched Him Do It,and I Think He Got The Sucker.he Thinks Different.men?

 

[rDr4g0n]

what a freaky looking little worm.

 

[dobejazz]

I Watched Him Do It,and I Think He Got The Sucker.he Thinks Different.men?

How large was the worm? you may notice a rise in ammonia or nitrite if it was killed. If it was fairly small and you have a good clean up crew you will probably never know unless you see it again

 

[fishheads]

luckily hes only about 7 in. longbut hes sure made short work of my mushrooms