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03-16-2009, 10:33 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Prescott, AZ
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Huge Bristle Worm!!!!
I just caught a huge bristle worm. I saw him in a hole on a big piece of LR in my tank. He has escaped capture about 10 times before tonight, I have cut 1-2" pieces of of him with scissors a couple of times. Well I ran and grabbed a screw driver this time and stabed him while I moved some rock around with my other hand. He was strong and almost got away again. Well I pryed him up out of the hole far enough to get ahold with some pliers, and it was finally over. He secreted a milky substance into the water that made it pretty cloudy in a 75 gallon tank. He is about 6" long and 3/4" wide with 1/4 bristles. I think there are a couple of inches still in the rock that I cant get to. He was definetly big enoug to eat some small fish if he wanted to. Well here are the pics.
Has anyone had any as big or bigger than this? Post your pics if you have any.
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03-16-2009, 10:38 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tennessee
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Wow, and I thought the few small ones in my tank were a problem. Guess I better get them fast.
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03-16-2009, 10:40 PM
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Carpe Noctem
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Do you have a good pic of the head?
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03-16-2009, 10:42 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Prescott, AZ
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Originally Posted by Newbie-Reefer
Wow, and I thought the few small ones in my tank were a problem. Guess I better get them fast.
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Ya, I bought my whole setup from a lady who had no idea what she was doing and I have hundreds of little .5-2" ones, I need to get a sixline wrasse to take care of them, my coral banded shrimp isnt keeping up. I have seen him catch and eat a couple, thats fun to watch. I think that worm would have ate my CB shrimp if they went one on one though.
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03-16-2009, 10:43 PM
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Carpe Noctem
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03-16-2009, 10:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tennessee
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Yea, the shrimp would have bitten off more than it could chew I would think. I am getting a shrimp tomorrow. I think all of the ones in mine are small. I just added in a bit of rock, and they appear to have hitched a ride on it.
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03-16-2009, 10:45 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Prescott, AZ
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Originally Posted by Hop
Do you have a good pic of the head?
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Sorry I already flushed him. But the head was at the bottom end of the first 2 pics. I could definetly see his mouth it was about an 1/8" across closed.
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03-16-2009, 11:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Prescott, AZ
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does anyone know if the milky stuff the worm discharged is poisonious for the corals or fish, etc. in my tank. It is pretty cloudy in there. And some of my mushrooms have shrivled up as if the lights are off.
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03-16-2009, 11:14 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Never herd of it being poisonous?Do a WC and/or run carbon.
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03-16-2009, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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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.
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03-16-2009, 11:26 PM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by jl1x1
does anyone know if the milky stuff the worm discharged is poisonious for the corals or fish, etc. in my tank. It is pretty cloudy in there. And some of my mushrooms have shrivled up as if the lights are off.
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Judging by your collection method I'm guessing it was guts 
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03-16-2009, 11:34 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Judging by your collection method I'm guessing it was guts |
Ya most likely.... Thought I would ask, just in case.
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03-16-2009, 11:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tennessee
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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.
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You say that they are harmless creatures. I have read so much stating that they are a real danger in any tank. Since I have noticed several smaller ones, as I asked in another post, I am trying to understand if I should try to remove them. I am not new to saltwater, but new to reef. Any suggestions?
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03-16-2009, 11:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Prescott, AZ
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Originally Posted by Newbie-Reefer
You say that they are harmless creatures. I have read so much stating that they are a real danger in any tank. Since I have noticed several smaller ones, as I asked in another post, I am trying to understand if I should try to remove them. I am not new to saltwater, but new to reef. Any suggestions?
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As far as I can tell they havent harmed any of the corals in my tank. But I would feel a little better without them in my tank, I dont need them I have plenty of other scavengers.
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03-16-2009, 11:49 PM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Newbie-Reefer
You say that they are harmless creatures. I have read so much stating that they are a real danger in any tank. Since I have noticed several smaller ones, as I asked in another post, I am trying to understand if I should try to remove them. I am not new to saltwater, but new to reef. Any suggestions?
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Follow the link I posted above  Good info on the various types of bws..
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