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-Richer

Brad,

No slime on the snails. What did you do with your worm to get rid of it?

Don't know that I ever did. I took the rock out, socked it in club soda, (it was 35# rock), I smashed it into about 5 chunks, put it in a smaller tank to keep the worm out of my tank, and may have eventually given it to Steve! I never did catch it.
I set a trap one night with a small glass tube. It dragged the tube back to it's lair, about 10" away! The name starts with an O, can't recall at the moment!

The tank had been set up for a year & half before I noticed the worm, must have been living in the rock from day one, never bothered any of my clams or acros, but come to think of it, I did have a blue linkia go missing along with a couple of fish & of course snails here & there.

Must of had plenty to eat, if it does turn out to be a big honkin worm, try to figure out what rock it's living in then remove the rock, I was told to pour carbonated water over the hole where it lived & it would probably leave the rock.

I only saw the one in my tank once, it was brownish, with orange/reddish bands running alonside its body with 2 antenae & lightening fast, when I shone the light on it it retreated instantly back to the rock.

Beleive the name is Oenone Fulgida, Dr. Ron Shimek wrote about it in 4 Marine Fish & Reef 2004 Annual.

Possible Oenone Fulgida. Have pincher like jaws and feed on snails and clams. They are nocturnal and can be 2 feet or longer. Just like Brad said, need to find the rock, remove it and use carbonated water or hypersaline water. Need to get the whole body as thwey can regenerate if broken. Just a thought :confused:

Yup, that's the one.

he gave it to me :rolleyes: although I cannot pin a snail death on my tank on it but I have seen it. big ugly didn't sleep for 3 days :mrgreen:

Steve

A worm with insomnia? :razz:

Steve, that big bristle worm isn't the same worm. Mine was thin and smooth.