Some sort of worm?

Sonyawp · 06-01-2006, 06:22 PM

Hi! I am new here. I am setting up a nano reef - 10 gallon. I used a huge bag of live sand (black and white mixed) about 10 pounds of live rock and that's it so far. I let the tank sit for about 2 weeks and then got 3 snails. Turns out I had two large feather dusters and lots of feather duster babies on the rock. I also had so aipitasia (sp?) It has grown so fast in 3 weeks! I got some joes juice today and hopefully am done with that. However, when I turned the largest piece of rock around today I discovered some new critters. It looks like a tube crusted with rock but if you watch it, two very thin worms? feelers? come out and feed? off the rocks. There are several of these on my largest rock. What the heck is it? Thanks! - Sonya

Leverage Lad · 06-01-2006, 06:34 PM

Does it look like this?

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Sonyawp · 06-01-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Leverage Lad

Does it look like this?Attachment 38791

I think so. Kind of hard to tell from the picture. But it is a little tube - looks stiff - looks like it has crushed rock or gravel on the sides. If you sit and watch it just looks like a tube a first then those thin worm like things come out, they slowly get longer as they "feel" the rocks around them. They can get pretty long and then they go back in for a while.

Leverage Lad · 06-01-2006, 07:11 PM

If you could get a picture that would help alot. People love pictures.

Sonyawp · 06-01-2006, 07:13 PM

My husband has the digital camera. I will try to see if I can get one when he gets home. Thanks!

tims · 06-01-2006, 09:08 PM

there area few worms that do that, they are fine to have.looking forward to the picture

ChrisPrusha · 06-01-2006, 09:22 PM

A word of caution about Joe's Juice in a 10 gallon...just be wary of how much you use...the water params of a 10 gallon can change pretty quickly.

BoomerMn · 06-16-2006, 08:32 PM

Those are Spionid worms

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...ch&sa=N&tab=wi

Raccio · 06-24-2006, 07:26 PM

To LEVERAGE LAD................. what you showed in your picture is what I have. I was going to make a post about it though wanted to see if anyone had what I have. They are thin and long wormlike things. They have those dark bands on them segmented perfectly on their bodies. Everytime something dies they draw it towards the rocks, though I was wondering if they were somehow killing everything. My scarlet hermit and my fire shrimp just recently died and I thought they were doing well. I wondering if it has something to do with these worms.

tdwyatt · 06-24-2006, 09:42 PM

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquariu...97/1197_1.html

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquariu...97/0997_4.html

DevilBoy · 06-25-2006, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Raccio

To LEVERAGE LAD................. what you showed in your picture is what I have. I was going to make a post about it though wanted to see if anyone had what I have. They are thin and long wormlike things. They have those dark bands on them segmented perfectly on their bodies. Everytime something dies they draw it towards the rocks, though I was wondering if they were somehow killing everything. My scarlet hermit and my fire shrimp just recently died and I thought they were doing well. I wondering if it has something to do with these worms.

what you are describing here sounds like a harmless peanut worm.

BoomerMn · 06-25-2006, 11:33 AM

There is no resemblance between a peanut worm and what is in the pic above, other than Spionid worms, which those are.

DevilBoy · 06-25-2006, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Raccio

They are thin and long wormlike things. They have those dark bands on them segmented perfectly on their bodies. Everytime something dies they draw it towards the rocks

I am not trying to start a stink fit here. I know what a Spionid worms look like. But i was going by his description of what his worms look like. as quoted above. and peanut worms have bands perfectly segmented on their bodies.

That is all i am getting at.

BoomerMn · 06-25-2006, 10:19 PM

No stinky here either

But, he already stated his are as those in the pic above which are "spionids". They have banned tenticles and are long thin wormy like. That is not a peanut worm to me. You even quoted his post and still said peanut worms

To LEVERAGE LAD................. what you showed in your picture is what I have

fishtank88 · 06-26-2006, 05:27 PM

sounds like worms are a common hitchhiker on LR