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Old 08-07-2007, 12:14 AM   #1
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found this crawling around my zoo colony.bad?good?


it looked like a worm crawling on my zoos..when i added it in a test tube all these leg looking things started comn out of it..weird!!!









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Old 08-07-2007, 12:20 AM   #2
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I have a green worm like that in my 5.5 I dont think they are bad although mine lives in the sandbed. I'm not sure we have the same worms

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Old 08-07-2007, 01:09 AM   #3
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i think this one is different..anyone else might know?
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Old 08-07-2007, 01:22 AM   #4
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I never seen one.
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Old 08-07-2007, 01:24 AM   #5
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they both look cool.
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Old 08-07-2007, 01:36 AM   #6
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some one else has posted a web site before that showed that one that you have but i can't remember what the site was or the thread to which i saw the refferal to your worm.
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Old 08-07-2007, 01:43 AM   #7
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look at this.. this might help i think this is the web site i was talking about.

Scroll down to the spegetti or hair worm.

http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm
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Old 08-07-2007, 02:40 AM   #8
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I'm fairly certain it is a Spagetti worm...
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it is a spagetti worm just like dobejazz has, good detrius eater.
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ive never seen a bright red spagetti worn like that be4
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The actual color will depend on both the environment the specimen was found in and what part of the ocen it came from.


Spaghetti worm, a Terebellid polychaete courtesy www.pirx.com

Google Terebellids for more photos.

http://www.susanscott.net/OceanWatch1998/jan19-98.html
http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL200L...s02/sld012.htm
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ive never seen a bright red spagetti worn like that be4
Well now you have!
ya learn somethin new everyday!
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