Found this in my tank - ID please

[originalozzyo]

Getting ready to move my tank, found this in the rockwork surrounded by a whole bunch of
empty shells. Anyone know what it is before I flush it?
Approx 3-4" long. Some kind of bristle worm?
http://i58.tinypic.com/o05bg4.jpg

[asylumdown]

that's no bristle worm. Looks predatory to me. Can you get a better picture of its mouth parts? Some species of 'bobbit' worm have spines like that

[Proteus]

That gives me the creeps

[Slyguy00]

That gives me the creeps

+1 lol

[Chase31]

That gives me the creeps


+2

[canadianbudz604]

That gives me the creeps


Damn that thing is frickin nasty

[dudley moray]

Yeah I'd just flush that thing

[originalozzyo]

Well whatever it is it's long gone now haha. I told the wife and my mother to come see what I found. They both screamed and went back upstairs. Wife wouldn't come near till it was gone lol

[Coral Hoarder]

looks like a bobbit worm

[hfp75]

Where there's one there's two

And so on.... He probably wasn't alone....

[gregzz4]

Some kind of bristle worm?

Good catch !!!
That's an ugly worm that I can't ID, but I'd say it had to go

Where there's one there's two

And so on.... He probably wasn't alone....
Well don't scare him into thinking his tank is infested with them :surprise:

[Dearth]

I've searched online several sites and can't get a positive ID but it is not a worm that is good for your tank I would definitely look for more in your tank

[originalozzyo]

I looked up this bobbit worm. Looks very similar, the carapace shell on the body had that same kind of metallic hue in reflective light and the head looks almost like the one I just watched in a video. The rock in question and a few others are going to sit outside to dry out completely for the next few days while I move the tank. All the rock I'm keeping as seeding live rock isn't able to house something like this

[Reefgoat]

It definitely looks like a Eunicid/Bobbit worm. I've taken two out of my tanks. The larger one was about three feet long. They would come out at night and eat fleshier coral as well as pieces of kelp I put in for my conch and snails. I lost a few corals before I realized what was killing them. They are also amazingly fast. You definitely made the right choice in removing it.

[jason604]

It definitely looks like a Eunicid/Bobbit worm. I've taken two out of my tanks. The larger one was about three feet long. They would come out at night and eat fleshier coral as well as pieces of kelp I put in for my conch and snails. I lost a few corals before I realized what was killing them. They are also amazingly fast. You definitely made the right choice in removing it.

3ft!!!! god iono what to say about something that big lookin like that

[Dearth]

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

[FishyFishy!]

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm


I remember seeing that on his site..... I wouldn't even get near that thing... I would straight up drain my tank and light everything on fire. I would most likely scream like a little girl as well. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

[BlueTang<3]

Before we moved I was noticing arms of my Sps colonies going missing overnight, all around one hole in the rock. I stayed holing nights to find a 3ft worm come out of that hole. I chased it back in removed the rock and took it outside. Got it out was very nasty looking thing, opted for new dry rock.

[pinkreef]

looks menacing don't put him back in.:twised:

[originalozzyo]

I bet this explains why in the last few months fish that I've had for years just died for no reason and I never saw the body either. I always thought the hermit crabs got them. My yellow wrasse, two different blennies and chromis

[AquaticExpressions]

Eunice worm... I would get rid of it as soon as possible. Hopefully that was the only one...