Good or Bad worm

hunterd_67 · 04-26-2004, 10:11 AM

Saw a worm comming out of my rock, it was big. it had. i think black and white bands when i shined the light on it, it contracted like a slinky, i looked on the critter id, but didnt see nothing like it it also had something like spikes on the front of it. thanx all

Glenn

ScottT1980 · 04-26-2004, 10:17 AM

Its a peanut worm, harmless...

I will try to find a few links...

Take er easy
Scott T.

Here is a link with a cool video

And here is one I had in my tank:

Essentially, its base is inside the rock and you are just seeing its mouth...

hunterd_67 · 04-26-2004, 10:22 AM

Thanx Scott T, the thing was scarey lookn...lol, quick too, went from the rock to the SB in no time flat.

ScottT1980 · 04-26-2004, 10:39 AM

Actually, I might be wrong now that I reread your description..

It had spikes on the front and it moved from the rock to the sandbed? Did it look anything like that picture? Peanut worms usually just feed by using their mouth, keeping their body in the rock and so it wouldn't think it would move from rock to sandbed...

Hmm... you might really have a mystery worm if it is not a bristle worm

hunterd_67 · 04-26-2004, 12:23 PM

I have 1 in there that looks like that, but this 1 was huge, it stuck out of the rock bout 4", waving its front back n forth, then it retracted when i shined the lite on it, started looking again it was on the SB part way out, doin the same thing. ill look for it again tonight, also think a couple of my snails r gone to.

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hunterd_67 Neon dottyback Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: P.A. Posts: 649 View Gallery Karma Komment	Good or Bad worm Saw a worm comming out of my rock, it was big. it had. i think black and white bands when i shined the light on it, it contracted like a slinky, i looked on the critter id, but didnt see nothing like it it also had something like spikes on the front of it. thanx all Glenn

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ScottT1980 Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,484 View Gallery Karma Komment	Its a peanut worm, harmless... I will try to find a few links... Take er easy Scott T. Here is a link with a cool video And here is one I had in my tank: Essentially, its base is inside the rock and you are just seeing its mouth... __________________ My Tank Last edited by ScottT1980 : 04-26-2004 at 10:22 AM.

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hunterd_67 Neon dottyback Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: P.A. Posts: 649 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanx Scott T, the thing was scarey lookn...lol, quick too, went from the rock to the SB in no time flat. __________________ Honorary Flood Club Member Feb. 13, 2005

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ScottT1980 Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,484 View Gallery Karma Komment	Actually, I might be wrong now that I reread your description.. It had spikes on the front and it moved from the rock to the sandbed? Did it look anything like that picture? Peanut worms usually just feed by using their mouth, keeping their body in the rock and so it wouldn't think it would move from rock to sandbed... Hmm... you might really have a mystery worm if it is not a bristle worm __________________ My Tank

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hunterd_67 Neon dottyback Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: P.A. Posts: 649 View Gallery Karma Komment	I have 1 in there that looks like that, but this 1 was huge, it stuck out of the rock bout 4", waving its front back n forth, then it retracted when i shined the lite on it, started looking again it was on the SB part way out, doin the same thing. ill look for it again tonight, also think a couple of my snails r gone to. __________________ Honorary Flood Club Member Feb. 13, 2005

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