Ok what in the **** is this?!!

[Cope]

I just saw this in my QT tank! The qt has been running for a week or so now at .009 SG. Today I find this worm in there? ***? where could it have come from? The skimmer is the only thing to transfer tanks, and it was cleaned before installation?

What is it and how do you think it could have gotten in to myQT?!!
Thanks
Cope
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/cope44/DSC00324.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/cope44/DSC00323.jpg

[PoukieBear]

That teeny tiny thing? Pfft! you should see the 8 inch bristle worms I have in my tank.

[Cope]

How would a bristle worm get in my QT? are you sure it's a bristle worm, if it is I'll just dump it in the DT. but I want to be sure!
If it's a bad guy I dont want it in my DT.
Thanks for looking, even if you do like sports coats and jeans!
Cope

[dileggi]

Could it be a Polychaete worm? Check this out....http://www.melevsreef.com/id/crawls.html

[WaterKeeper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11678352#post11678352 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cope
How would a bristle worm get in my QT?

I think it is Polychaetae Flysalot or the flying bristle worm. :eek1:Probably a hitchhiker from your main tank or from the livestock provider.

[Tahoe Ocean]

doesn't look like one of the bad guys, I'd toss him back in

[bangaii man]

I'm impressed that no wise guy has identified the dime yet.
I just pulled one of those worm things out of my fuge the other day thinking it was bad, so it's good to hear they are ok.

[uscharalph]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11727327#post11727327 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bangaii man
I'm impressed that no wise guy has identified the dime yet.
I just pulled one of those worm things out of my fuge the other day thinking it was bad, so it's good to hear they are ok. Good thing it wasn't the dime, metal in our tanks is asking for disaster.

[epstein]

just dont handle the bristle worms with your bare hands....They itch you like working with fiberglass.........

[Tahoe Ocean]

the dime was minted in Denver

Cope, do you have any sand or rock in the QT? What else has been in the QT tank?

[Cope]

Hence the D over the year.
(edit) I collected coins when I was a kid.
heres the QT
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/cope44/DSC00287.jpg
All eqpt. is new to the QT except the heater and skimmer.
The heater and skimmer were washed with very hot watter (skimmer was dissembled)
Honestly I thought one of the fish coughed it up?

[Tahoe Ocean]

Never heard of that, but it's possible someone puked it up or pooped it out. Or perhaps some micro debris got in there at some point. How mysterious!

(btw: you coming to the reef club meeting on Sat?)

[phenom5]

I'm impressed that no wise guy has identified the dime yet.

If I would have seen this thread sooner, I would have been that guy...:D

You know what they say, it's better to be a smartass than a *******. ;)