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lorenz0
10-01-2008, 02:27 AM
so i have this white tube/worm that has a mouth on the end of it in my tankand its bitting one of my zoa frags. i have never noticed it before but every time i try to get it it just sucks back into the rock. i think i saw black strips on it but not sure. anyone have an id??
ReefJunkie
10-01-2008, 04:09 AM
It sounds like a peanut worm to me.
Keri
10-01-2008, 05:22 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2653600418_866f97ee59.jpg?v=0

Has it got a face like this? Might it only be eating detrius in the zoos or do you see it munching on healthy flesh?
lorenz0
10-01-2008, 05:24 AM
thats it right there. well there are some dead zoo's on the frag i will have to watch it more tomorrow
Keri
10-01-2008, 05:27 AM
Yeah, it's probably only eating the dead ones, I have never heard of them attacking live corals. If you're really worried you can move the frag but the rest of your CUC will probably eat any more dead ones.

:)

It's funny the little aliens that live in our tanks...
lorenz0
10-15-2008, 02:23 AM
well instead of making a new thread i have been trying to get a photo of this bugger for a while. lives in a totally different rock and finally caught it pulling some flake food into the rock. i think it might be a bristle worm

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/lorenz000/IMG_0050.jpg
noirsphynx
10-15-2008, 02:25 AM
That's a bristle worm.
ElGuappo
10-15-2008, 04:35 AM
that's a bristle worm.

+1
OCDP
10-15-2008, 06:36 PM
+1

+2
JDigital
10-15-2008, 07:14 PM
+2

+3
The-new-guy
10-15-2008, 08:34 PM
+3

+4

I had to....:mrgreen:
rocketlily
10-15-2008, 08:56 PM
+5 (Sorry I had to do it too)
BC564
10-15-2008, 09:02 PM
+6 (yeah I know)
X-Treme
10-15-2008, 11:23 PM
I'm all in!!!!!

+7
slakker
10-16-2008, 12:33 AM
+3

what the heck... +4 :mrgreen:
Mikee
10-16-2008, 01:20 AM
-1