Worm and slug thingy ID

[bubblybabs]

First one looks almost like a fly larva but it's swimming about and looks like it's spinning... It's moving fast and I had difficulty getting a pix of it so I also got a movie of it... It swims at the top of the tank at times, I tried to grab it but it got away... I'm kind of afraid of what type of bug it's going to become...



Here's the link to the 11mb mpg movie:
http://www.fractalfairy.com/aquarium.../whiteworm.mpg

The 2nd one I found underneath a coral... I don't know if it's friend or foe... Could you give me an idea if it's something I wish to keep or get rid of? It's body is soft with soft spines, they didn't hurt when I touched it... It is very slow moving... Reminds me of a slug (sort of)...



Babs

[bubblybabs]

Anyone? The brown one stuck itself to the cup I had it in and I couldn't remove it, it had suckers on it like a starfish... It crawled out of the cup I had it in and now I can't find it (but it's in the tank somewhere)... Guess I'll be looking for it munching on my corals...

Babs

[Loverotties]

Could be a cucumber.

[jenajet]

? cool tho.

[partobe]

WOW I love that video what ever it is I think its really cool!!! I would love to have one

[bubblybabs]

Originally Posted by Loverotties

Could be a cucumber.

Googling it I'd say it is a cucumber... It must be a warty cucumber... It looks as though it's not a coral eater... Also looks as if they get big, hope it takes a long time for that... I also seem to have a white one...

Babs

[tdwyatt]

The second one is a holothurian sea cucumber, treat it well, if you harrass it too much, it will eviscerate, though this is not the diseaster some make it out to be. Do a search using "holothurian" and my name, there are a ton of posts here for these amazing echinoderms.


I'll have ton see more of the first specimen to make a good ID, check out some of Ron Shimek's "worm posts" for worm-like creatures at some of the e-zine sites.


HTH

[bubblybabs]

Cooooooool, I've got cucumbers! I hope that's good... Tried to take a pix of the white one but my camera isn't cooperating... For the past week I thought it was a piece of mold on the rock...

Babs

[bubblybabs]

I think the worm thing may be a juvenile cucumber... It looked just like the white ones in this pix:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5501e/y5501e1u.jpg
Do they swim though? Ahhh, finally found a page that states there are swimming cucumbers:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/seacukes.htm
Boy, everyone sure is down on cucumbers... Making me nervous, wonder if I should try to remove them....

Babs