Red Thingy doing the backstroke!

Orvin Farmer · 02-23-2004, 06:11 AM

Does anyone have an idea what this is? Some kind of worm maybe?

wooddood · 02-23-2004, 06:45 AM

i think it's your avatar lol.

Orvin Farmer · 02-23-2004, 06:49 AM

Close, but that one is stuck in the sand, this one is on the top of the water no attachments at all. I do have some thing like spagetti worms in my tank, do you think this is what they look like out of the sand?

wooddood · 02-23-2004, 06:51 AM

never seen anything like it so no help here but i'll tag along with ya.good luck.

Brucey · 02-23-2004, 07:03 AM

Weird ... Looks kinds shrimp like but never seen anything like it
Brucey

Curtswearing · 02-23-2004, 08:15 AM

You got it yourself.

spaghetti worms

ReefLady · 02-23-2004, 08:38 AM

What ^ Curt ^ said. Typical Terebellid (Spaghetti worm). Here's a pic:

Harmless & beneficial.

Woodstock · 02-23-2004, 08:52 AM

Wow! That looks like something from the sci-fi channel

Tarasco · 02-24-2004, 04:58 PM

I get them crawling on my glass sometimes. Posted a link to one of Shimek's articles about them in your other thread. Good for your reef.

02-23-2004, 06:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Orvin Farmer Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 100 View Gallery Karma Komment	Red Thingy doing the backstroke! Does anyone have an idea what this is? Some kind of worm maybe? __________________ Our reef tank is my drug of choice. The addiction is real, and I can't stop. Rehab...HA....I, won't go. I love it too much. Givvvve Meeeee Morrre coralllls!!! Last edited by Orvin Farmer : 02-23-2004 at 06:15 AM.

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wooddood the wood dude Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CARMEL. INDIANA Posts: 3,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	i think it's your avatar lol. __________________ 120 gal/in wall tank/starboard substraight/2 250 watt 10k xm metal halides/ 4 55watt 03 actinics/150lbs lr/scwd on return/scwd on a closed loop/aquaclear aquatics 200 pro wetdry w/skimmer. ask all the questions you have if we cant answer it we'll make up some thing. remember patience is the key to a kick ass reef. dave.

02-23-2004, 06:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Orvin Farmer Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 100 View Gallery Karma Komment	Close, but that one is stuck in the sand, this one is on the top of the water no attachments at all. I do have some thing like spagetti worms in my tank, do you think this is what they look like out of the sand? __________________ Our reef tank is my drug of choice. The addiction is real, and I can't stop. Rehab...HA....I, won't go. I love it too much. Givvvve Meeeee Morrre coralllls!!!

02-23-2004, 06:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
wooddood the wood dude Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CARMEL. INDIANA Posts: 3,450 View Gallery Karma Komment	never seen anything like it so no help here but i'll tag along with ya.good luck. __________________ 120 gal/in wall tank/starboard substraight/2 250 watt 10k xm metal halides/ 4 55watt 03 actinics/150lbs lr/scwd on return/scwd on a closed loop/aquaclear aquatics 200 pro wetdry w/skimmer. ask all the questions you have if we cant answer it we'll make up some thing. remember patience is the key to a kick ass reef. dave.

02-23-2004, 07:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Brucey Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading, England Posts: 1,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Weird ... Looks kinds shrimp like but never seen anything like it Brucey __________________ 160UK Gallon. (192US Gallon). 400Lbs LR. Aquamedic Turboflotor 5000 Shorty skimmer. Arcadia 3Series pendant (3x250W 14,000'K MH & 2x58W 60" actinic) (DIY cooling fan). Tunze 7095 Multicontroller & 2xTunze 6100 Streams. Redsea 100 Aquazone Plus ozonizer and redox computer. Aquamedic Ocean Runner 6500 return. TMC Vectron 30W UV sterilizer. Aquamedic Aquaniveau auto top up system through Deltec 500 kalk stirrer. PurityOnTap RO/DI. Deltec FR509 (ROWAPhos). Aquamedic PH computer controlling KNOP HD Calcium Reactor. Setup Nov 2002 See my tank here http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...&threadid=4486

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ReefLady Golden Moray Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 2,031 View Gallery Karma Komment	What ^ Curt ^ said. Typical Terebellid (Spaghetti worm). Here's a pic: Harmless & beneficial. __________________ ~ Teri -------- "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice."

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02-24-2004, 04:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Tarasco Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 724 View Gallery Karma Komment	I get them crawling on my glass sometimes. Posted a link to one of Shimek's articles about them in your other thread. Good for your reef. __________________ Mike "I saw what the governor makes. That's like four hands of blackjack." -- Charles Barkley on why he wasn't seriously considering becoming the Governor of Alabama

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