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tangyreefer05
06/30/2007, 01:49 PM
I don't have a camera, wish I did. The worm is about 2" and is on the front of the glass, it doesnt appear to be a type of flat worm, now what amazes me about it is it looks almost like the top half is split open and there are maybe 50 small tenticles coming out of it, or babies, all in a kinda thick line. His body has a slight green color to it, and it looks like two worm/tenticle things near his head are banded with black. I might take it out since I don't know what it is. Any ideas? From looking it appears the tentacles are not babies but a way of movement, and they might actually be coming out the bottom of it.

tangyreefer05
06/30/2007, 01:51 PM
It also appears that it's a round worm and those tentacles are to help him move about.

seapug
06/30/2007, 01:55 PM
sounds like some sort of nudibranch (sea slug). Some are coral eaters, others eat flatworms and hair algae. Look here:

http://wetwebmedia.com/nudibran.htm

tangyreefer05
06/30/2007, 02:00 PM
Well it doesn't look like a slug at all, doesnt have the body of a slug or nudibranch. It looks like a round worm, 2-3mm dia. body. about 2" long. Appears to have a normal type of round worm mouth, and those tentacles.

tangyreefer05
06/30/2007, 02:08 PM
i think it MAY be an "errantiate polychaete annelid/worm" from what bob said to someone who had a similar sounding worm that i have.

BLockamon
06/30/2007, 10:27 PM
Might be a spaghetti worm. You can do a Google image search and see if they look alike.