Earthworms in tank?

[Gizmo]

Hey,

Today I found the remains of my jawfish today :(

The REALLy weird thing is I found him on the other side of the tank next to what looked like a relly fat earthworm. Does anyone know what this might have been? (I flushed it as soon as I found it.) and did it maybe have something to do with the death of my jawfish. Worm was about 2-3" in length. Thanks, - G

[mr_alberta]

Was this worm covered in bristles?

[Beverly]

Here's an article on worms that might be helpful:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.htm

[Gizmo]

Thanks Bev, None of the above. If it wasn't for having absolutly no way of an earthworm getting in, I would say it was an earthworm. No bristles, thanks :confused:

[EmilyB]

Maybe some kind of nematode (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/randerson/Marine%2520Invertebrates/Roundworms.jpg&imgrefurl=http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/randerson/Marine%2520Invertebrates/nematoda.htm&h=222&w=360&sz=19&tbnid=4v5svzjWHJEJ:&tbnh=72&tbnw=117&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmarine%2Bnematoda%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%2 6sa%3DN)