This will make you think about

[FishFun]

where you stick your hands!!!!!! I did a water change today & also changed some Zeolights when I was putting my reactor together I could not find the the thumb screw. I looked every where, so I thought it fell under my reactor in the sump. I pulled out my reactor & seen something move I grabbed my trusty scraper & this huge worm moved I said holy $%#@ wtf is that thing. I caught it & moved it to my QT tank & took some pictures. Its about 2 feet long & about 1.5 inch's wide. Sorry for the poor quality but the lighting really sucks in that tank. have a look, & becarfull where stick your hands you never know whats there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What type of worm is it?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/1crazymaxxer/Worm3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/1crazymaxxer/Worm2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/1crazymaxxer/Worm1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/1crazymaxxer/Worm4.jpg

[FishFun]

BTW the thumdscrew was on the shelf where I put it & now that I have this huge thing what do I do with it????

[marie]

As much as I like worms, I wouldn't knowingly keep a sucker that big in my reef tank.


It might make a cool pet in its own little tank though...for somebody who isn't me :lol:

[FishFun]

I think its a type of Eunicid worm. Its no longer in my sump I have him my QT tank. Heys a nasty looking thing!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Wow, dude. That's insane. I actually pulled my bare feet out from under the desk when I saw it, as if an identical worm was lurking under the desk, ready to eat my feet. Haha.

No idea on the ID.

[banditpowdercoat]

Ewww, If I get somehing like thta in my tank, and the wife finds out, no fishies for us, thats for sure.

[Snappy]

That is one big worm. Just one question.......How long has that plant been in quarentine? It's looking kind of stiff!!:lol:

[WhoPoopWrasse]

Wow, dude. That's insane. I actually pulled my bare feet out from under the desk when I saw it, as if an identical worm was lurking under the desk, ready to eat my feet. Haha.

Ha ha ha, that's hilarious! Looks like someone here is a bit squeemish! :lol::lol::lol:

I'd keep him as a pet, what does he eat? You could call him Spike! :mrgreen:

[FishFun]

LOL Spike! The plants are fake, my wife insisted on them for the QT tank for the fishes. I think they eat most anything.

[Moogled]

Dude, that thing is insane. Put some ghost shrimp in and see if there is predatory behaviour!

[Underwater]

That thing is almost cool looking-in a freakishly, odd, icky sort of way...
:crazyeye:

[Myka]

I'd keep that one!! He's AWESOME!!!

[Ephraim]

that image will forever haunt my dreams

[christyf5]

Ugh creepy! I remember when I fished mine out of the rock, or rather Ken (scavenger) did it for me. I was across the room totally grossed out. Thank goodness for fish friends!! :razz:

[Geofrog]

The only good thing I can say about it is that it has some nice opalecent colouring.

[spanky]

That is one scary looking worm, i hope i dont have nightmares

[Pier Pressure]

I like him ... in a creeped out sort of way. Amazing how big he is and the spikes are pretty scary. I would set up a small tank just for him (shudder).

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Worm vs. Mantis in the Octogon....

[spanky]

I would love to see that fight!! ill bring the beer haha.

[levi1803]

wow that thing is pretty nasty, in a cool kinda way!!

[fkshiu]

I do believe it's a eunicid of some sort.

They can grow a fair bit bigger than the beauty that you've got if you leave him be:

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

[untamed]

It is Eunicid of some type. Without identifying the species, it is impossible to say how large it could get. I think they are incredibly common hitchikers. In fact, I've never had rock that did NOT have a few.

Mostly they are opportunistic feeders that will eat anything they can grab. I kept a similar looking one for many years that was vegetarian. He was called "Max".

[Keri]

Do you have a sump? I think he's destined for sump-or-refugium-life....unless you've had no problems with fish or coral loss so far?

[Marlin65]

He would be really cool to have in a species tank.:mrgreen:

[FishFun]

I got a 60g sump but I also have a 30g QT tank running all the time so I may just keep him in there for now till I figure out what to do with him. I don't plain on getting ride of him, yet!

[banditpowdercoat]

He would be really cool to have in a species tank.:mrgreen:

Would one need to know the species, in order to call it a species tank?? LMAO

[Samw]

I just saw one of these in my tank today. I tried to take a pic but as soon as it heard my camera's lense motor, it shot back into its cave. I read that it can retreat at 20feet/second.

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

"Contraction back into a burrow has been clocked in excess of 20 feet per second, and if only a couple of feet of the worm are visible while it is foraging, that worm can disappear, quite literally, in the blink of an eye."

There's a picture of one in the above article where the author named it Max. I wonder if it's Untamed's pictures?

[Rbacchiega]

That's the most disgusting thing I have ever seen....I physically gagged.

[bignose]

That makes me think twice when I stick my hand in my tank now. Yuk

[Myka]

I want one...

[my2rotties]

Can I ask how you caught the thing? I have many hideous visuals in my mind. It looks like it could wr itself around your arm when you grabbed it, and a net does not seem doable. Cool creature, but I am disturbed to think they can live in a tank wothout being noticed.

[MMAX]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o122/jgo555/Randompics017.jpg

That thing is awesome, kinda reminds me of my centipede.

[Kronk]

That was definately a Eunicid worm in your tank, do a search on reefcentral a guy caught one 6ft long that was feeding on his mushrooms. It lived in the pvc pipes he used as a plenum under his sand he took some INSANE pics.