Eunicid ?

[sufunk]

I saw a Eunicid(about 10") in a piece of LR last night. I want it out but want to save the rock.

Should i dip the rock in hyposalinity, hypersalinity, straight freshwater or a freshwater/iodine dip?

Also, if the worm doesn't come out, how long should i leave the rock in whichever dip to be 100% POSITIVE the worm is dead?

[charlesr1958]

What else is on the rock? any dips or treatments will most likely effect everything else. If you are not concerned about what else is on the rock, I have found that by putting the rock in a container just big enough for the rock and letting it sit overnight without any aeration usualy either kills the worms, or drives them out of the rock.

Chuck

[rekn]

you could fill a bucket with cold fw. give it about an hour or you could send the worn to me =)

[mar-y-sol]

I have about an 8 inch one that just crawled out of some rock that I was curing, check it out.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/kdg02e/DSCF3675.jpg
I'm just letting everything die off, changing the water and starting all over again until I dont see anything crawl out of the rocks anymore.

[GoingPostal]

I got a similar sized one out by squirting hot fresh water into his holes, he came out pretty quick but I did break it in half by accident when it tried going back in. Got it all out though. I tried traps and hypersalinity and got nothing.

[kristie222]

put the rock in a container with regular tank water overnight without powerheads so the water will become depleted of oxygen. The worms will come out and lay on the rock. They can see very well, but you can grab the big ones with tweezers or raise the rock out of the water and they will try to drop out of the rock and back into it.
If you shake the rock really hard it will remove the small ones.

Fresh water will kill all the things that you do want.

[dennjl]

Are these worms bad?

[LeslieH]

I don't think so.
:)

[dennjl]

why remove them?

[LeslieH]

Because big ones will eat corals and some people - believe it or not - actually prefer their corals to worms. Strange..... ;)

[zenya]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9582214#post9582214 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LeslieH
Because big ones will eat corals and some people...

How big a people? :lol: I got a couple of people I wouldn't mind if my Eunicids would feast on... :D

[LeslieH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9586245#post9586245 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zenya
How big a people? :lol: I got a couple of people I wouldn't mind if my Eunicids would feast on... :D

The person's size doesn't matter; it's how fine you cut them up..... ;)

[TellyFish]

i suspect mine of eating shrimp snails and hermits... shells seem to suspiciously pile up around his cave.

[LeslieH]

Could be. Could also be that it's landscaping. Eunicids are well known for moving rocks & shells around. One study called their activities a major faction in transforming reefs.