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Samw
04-22-2006, 08:39 AM
http://www.hyperdream.com/samw/reef/Critters/CocoWorm/img_8806_std.jpg
Skimmer Juice
04-22-2006, 02:31 PM
Nice picture.I have coca worm to it just split into two heads.
sumpfinfishe
04-22-2006, 04:03 PM
Nice worm Sam! Brilliant colors :biggrin:

and look it's even displaying your name in a color pattern on it's feathers :razz: :mrgreen:
Samw
04-22-2006, 04:57 PM
Thanks guys. Rich, yeah I am putting watermarks in the middle now because I've been finding my pictures on other people's websites. Some of them even have my copyright watermarks cropped off as it use to be on the bottom right of the image.
andestang
04-22-2006, 11:12 PM
Great pic Sam :cool: Do you ever have to target feed them ?
Funky_Fish14
04-22-2006, 11:14 PM
Thats a beautiful worm! Great shot and thanks for sharing!

Chris
SeaHorse_Fanatic
04-23-2006, 12:09 AM
Where'd you pick up that beauty? Great pics like always.

Anthony
Samw
04-23-2006, 05:12 AM
Hey Ande, I don't think they need to be target fed. Anthony, I got it from Finomenal on sale. It comes in a long tube about a foot long.

http://www.hyperdream.com/samw/reef/Critters/CocoWorm/img_8783_std.jpg
DEAD_BY_DAWN
04-23-2006, 06:04 AM
Hi sam
Again nice pic as always,just a question though if it's not being target fed what would it be eating,from the size of your tank,will there be enough free floating food to surport a foot long worm in the long term ?.
john
Funky_Fish14
04-23-2006, 07:07 AM
Hi sam
Again nice pic as always,just a question though if it's not being target fed what would it be eating,from the size of your tank,will there be enough free floating food to surport a foot long worm in the long term ?.
john

I would imagine they have an extremely low metabolism and probably dont need much food. As well as likely filtering out just about any floating particles and consuming them?
Jaws
04-23-2006, 07:23 AM
From what I understand, they rely highly on photosynthesis.
DEAD_BY_DAWN
04-23-2006, 07:38 AM
I Cant find any info saying they are photosynthetic ?
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/coco-worm--pink----sabellastarte-magnifica-inverts--featherdusters.html
plus other sites say they need to be fed.
Samw
04-23-2006, 08:10 AM
They probably feed the same way as featherdusters. I dose LiquidLife Bioplankton, LiquidLife Marine Plankton, LiquidLife Coralplankton, Tahaitian Blend, and Oyster Eggs into my tank. The worm should be able to filter it without me having to do anything special in terms of target feeding.
DEAD_BY_DAWN
04-23-2006, 08:23 AM
Out of all those it should be able to find one it likes your worm has a better diet than i do lol..how are the oyster eggs by the way i was thinking of trying them out ?.
Samw
04-23-2006, 08:48 PM
how are the oyster eggs by the way i was thinking of trying them out ?.


Hi John.

DT's Oyster eggs are 3,000,000/ml at 40-50 microns.

Liquidlife Coralplankton is a mixture of 3,000/ml 20-200 micron rotifers packed in 6-10 micron Pavlova phytoplankton.

Liquidlife Bioplankton is at 2-16 microns.

So if you think that you need food at 40-50 microns, then Oyster Eggs is the way to go. :smile:


By the way, what is Vancouver's connection to DT's Oyster Eggs? Was it really a biologist in Vancouver that discovered the methodology to extract the eggs?

http://www.dtplankton.com/oystereggs/main.html

"The utilization and availability of oyster eggs as a coral food was first discussed in 2003 with a biologist in Vancouver, BC who had developed methodology to extract the eggs in quantity"


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