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Alberta-newb

02-10-2009 05:27 AM

Bristle worm question

I was cleaning up some red turf algae in my tank tonight when I noticed one of the large bristle worms in my tank poke one end out and emit a jet of white fluid!:surprise: Enough was "spewed" out that my water turned cloudy. Anyone see this behavior before? Trying to put this delicately to not offend..was it spawning either eggs or sperm, ejecting waste or some type of defence? Should I be worried?:question:

Alberta-newb

02-10-2009 06:15 AM

Spent some time on WetWebMedia and found the answer....seems I've got a bunch of sperm/gametes in my tank.....eeewwww:mrgreen:

Samw	02-10-2009 08:22 AM

Sort of like this? :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49296009&hl=en

Woohoo, my 3000th post.

justinl

02-10-2009 10:12 AM

dont drink the water. fish (and other marine organisms) have sex in it.

Flash

02-10-2009 03:01 PM

wow.. that's a little gross! lol that's a big worm! lol!

phreezee

02-10-2009 04:29 PM

Makes you think twice about siphoning water...

bignose

02-10-2009 05:16 PM

Gross, but interesting at the same time.

hillegom

02-10-2009 06:27 PM

eeyouuu
I am now thinking twice about my siphoning habits

Alberta-newb

02-11-2009 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samw (Post 386344)

Sort of like this? :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49296009&hl=en

Woohoo, my 3000th post.

Yes! Thanks for the video link....I think:lol:

What surprised me it was just one big worm (around 10" long) and this boy totally clouded up 120 gallons with one blast! Couldn't even see the back of the tank for a few minutes... Now I'm really grossed out!:mrgreen:

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