worm thingy swiming in my tank

08-29-2002, 11:53 PM

k i took a peek inside my tank and i saw a tiny earthworm looking thing swimming in my tank. what is it? it was maybe a centimeter long? it was all pink. at first i was thinking baby bristle worm, but the more i think about it the more i wonder.

skilter · 08-30-2002, 04:52 AM

i saw something like that in my tank last night... was it able to swim or like move around like running on the floor of the tank... mine kinda ran... it looked like a worm but im moved like none id ever seen

08-30-2002, 10:26 AM

mine was wiggling around and that is how it swam, anyone know what this is???????????????

08-30-2002, 03:04 PM

skilter · 08-31-2002, 12:48 AM

bump???
well i cant help you there.

Calvinc4s · 08-31-2002, 06:15 AM

I have seen one of these in my system too.

horge · 08-31-2002, 08:40 PM

Hi

While a number of worms can and do take a swim...

Some bristleworms turn into swarmers (sometimes they can be called 'epitokes') ---where you have them turn into swimming egg cases. Sometimes they die completely afterward, and sometimes enough is left over to regenerate into a whole worm.

The swimming motion is very rapid and can appear like a corkscrew motion, when it is actually snakelike.

hth,
horge

skilter · 08-31-2002, 10:46 PM

well thats cool, thanks for the info!