Huge Bristle Worm!!!!

[Hop]

Originally Posted by OneDummHikk

There is a link floating around of a 6 FOOT LONG bristleworm. If I can find it I will post it. When I moved my 90 into a 75, I flushed two that were almost a foot long. Harmless creatures, they just scared my daughter to the point I had to flush them.

www.oregonreef.com

The worm incident

[OneDummHikk]

Thanks Hop, I knew it was around I just couldn't find it.

[Newbie-Reefer]

Wow, if I had something like that in my tank I am pretty sure that my wife would be staying with her mom until I got rid of it. It is hilarious how she reacted to the sight of even a small bristle worm. Thanks for the link, I will be sure to share this story to friends. What an amazing worm.

[Newbie-Reefer]

This is a bit off topic, but I have been thinking of getting some nice looking marine plants. I have considered some shaving brush plants. I figure that they will put a nice look in the tank. Any recommendations for plants? Not doing this for removal of toxins, just for looks.

[Hop]

Originally Posted by Newbie-Reefer

Wow, if I had something like that in my tank I am pretty sure that my wife would be staying with her mom until I got rid of it. It is hilarious how she reacted to the sight of even a small bristle worm. Thanks for the link, I will be sure to share this story to friends. What an amazing worm.

Almost worth keeping one in a bucket so you can pull it out when you need some alone time

[ulli23]

i think thats just a fire worm.

i have 1 10 cm long in my tank and hundreds of small.these r supposed to be harmless.
u can tell that its a predator if it has some tentacles out from its head.
ive had marine tanks for 5 years and newer had any probs with my corals.
and since my tank is a aggressive(Groupers)/corals,there is nothing to pick @ them exept my skunk cleaner shrimp.
fire worms are good @ eating food leftovers and route the gravel for u.

[convict3]

wow thats a huge worm

[lilouisianagal]

Thanks! Now I know what was poking into my hand after I put my LR in--ouch! I saw a couple of [much] smaller versions of these poking their heads out of the LR last night and I was wondering what they were. That is one icky looking worm.

[duijver]

It's hard to see perspective with these pictures but this guy was over 12" when he was fully extended. He was supposedly a fireworm, but I'm not sure. I had him in my mantis tank for the longest time, and then one day the mantis started bugging out (paralyzed to be exact) so I figured maybe the fireworm somehow got him. The poor fireworm went into the QT and disintegrated somehow after about a week or two. The mantis lived and I figured out I just need a WC – it seems it gets very unhappy if I don’t do a WC at least every 2 weeks. Unhappy = near death laying on the sandbed… he’s such a faker! 

I felt bad... he just sort of sat on the sand lounging about. Unlike the other 10 fireworms I have in my tanks eating my starfire(purple?) polyps.

[quader94]

Originally Posted by Hop

www.oregonreef.com

The worm incident

not to hitchhike this thread but did anyone see some of the gallery pics
the tanks amazing!

[Hop]

Originally Posted by quader94

not to hitchhike this thread but did anyone see some of the gallery pics
the tanks amazing!

It was a great tank. It was TOTM several times, but there was a accident that pretty much killed everything. Last I read was even after trying to get it up and running again, it is now sitting empty while he takes a break for a while...