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torrid_07 10-28-2010 11:41 PM

wierd worm thing?
 
ok so i got this new LR and i just sat down beside my tank. i look over and there is this worm looking thing sticking out of the rock. it was maybe 1cm long and all of a sudden it released a white cloud of something (liquid)?? into the water
anyone seen anything like this before? sorry no pics

Wayne 10-28-2010 11:51 PM

Was it a Bristle Worm?

http://www.reefcorner.com/images/BristleWorm.jpg

torrid_07 10-28-2010 11:54 PM

no it definetly wasnt. it was smooth almost like an earthworm

lastlight 10-28-2010 11:58 PM

Peanut worm maybe?

torrid_07 10-29-2010 12:11 AM

i think thats what it was, but i wonder what it expelled into the water

2pts 10-29-2010 12:11 AM

Several months ago my wife and I saw a worm as you describe.

I tried to suck it up with a turkey baster, part of it was hanging on in a hole. I lost it and it quickly sucked into the live rock completely.

I held the baster over the hole and kept squeezing and releasing, basically trying to plunge him out.

I gave up after about 30 seconds and watched. The worm came half way out, coiled over like a snake preparing to bite. Then it straightened out and released a fluid into the water. I seem to remember it being a pinkish white fluid. It retreated back to the live rock and I have not seen it since.

torrid_07 10-29-2010 01:06 AM

yeah it was pretty cool to see. i watched it squirm around for about 30 seconds before it expelled its white stuff into the water and quickly darted back in his hole


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