Just saw something I cant Identify in my tank.

[tkimmons85]

Today while I was looking at my tank I saw something that caught my eye. It was a 3/4 inch long worm looking organism that is a very fast swimmer swimming back and forth very rapidly. It is white in color and seems to definately have a tail section and a head. I cant get a pic worth a dang because it wont be still for any amount of time. I have a video of it and will try to upload it somewhere online. Any ideas?

[ameares8]

Load it onto photobucket. That is what I did for the worm that I had to get a video of. It is free and you can get quite a bit of space to upload pics and videos.
www.photobucket.com

[Pickupman66]

this one I gotta see. maybe a baby eel??? LOL.

[ameares8]

It could be a gonad eating butt fish...aka the pearl fish. I remember a thread about them on here around 6 months ago. It was rather entertaining. LOL, but yes a baby eel would be just as good.

[tkimmons85]

I am having trouble getting the video loaded. I'll keep at it until I get it. Also let me say this I dont know if its still alive because I turned my back after looking at it for a while and now its nowhere to be seen. He prob was eaten by my fish.

[ameares8]

I wonder if we can upload video to the MTRC.org website. Andy chime in please :D !

[waynesworld]

That reminds me I never posted the pic of my large worm had to be at least 4 feet have a pic just have to have joy load it,.

[zef004]

4feet worm I like to see that. I've seen the one on on Steve weast website I think it was 8' long. And he found it in his 500+gal tank. How big is your tank that you found the worm in.

[zef004]

Here Steve weast website on the worm and his tanks. Hope this ok with the mods.
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm
for newbies check out his cold water reef tanks. Maybe one day I'll start one

[tkimmons85]

Heres the link, hope you guys can get a good look at it.

http://s753.photobucket.com/albums/xx177/tkimmons85/?action=view&current=1102091347.flv

[sandalscout]

Wow, it's obviously very hard to ID it visually from the video, but it's movement/size/etc might tip someone off to what it is. I've never seen anything like that, but DANG, it's crazy looking!

[rcmike]

It is probably a bristleworm epitoke. Part of the bristleworm breaks off with the eggs and swims around for a while. It is how they reproduce.

[waynesworld]

It was in my 180 and it was in a piece of pvc that ran the 6' way. you should have seen Normans face when it slid into the net he was holding. It got cut in half and both lived for a while in a gal bucket tell I forgot about it.

[sandalscout]

It is probably a bristleworm epitoke. Part of the bristleworm breaks off with the eggs and swims around for a while. It is how they reproduce.

Interesting, first time I'd heard that, I guess you do learn something every day! haha. Thanks

[NeveSSL]

Wow! Good call, Mike. Never heard of that one before. Interesting.

Brandon

[Pickupman66]

very interesting.... never seen that before. it definately swims and darts around. dont think it was floating like the eggs mentioned here.

[rcmike]

I have seen many of them. Of course I used to sit and stare at the tank with a flashlight in the middle of the night sometimes.

[tkimmons85]

Some people would say thats strange, staring off into your tank at late hrs. I call it being dedicated. Ya my wife thinks Im obsessed.

[DMBillies]

It is probably a bristleworm epitoke. Part of the bristleworm breaks off with the eggs and swims around for a while. It is how they reproduce.

Yeah, I think this is right. I've seen them maybe 2x in my own tanks. I was very surprised both times by the speed that they seemed to actually swim.

[Mikeyjer]

It is probably a bristleworm epitoke. Part of the bristleworm breaks off with the eggs and swims around for a while. It is how they reproduce.

Gotta agree with you there mike. I've read about that before but never seen it in my own tanks before. I used to check my tanks with a flashlight at night until I have just too much stuffs to do around the house. Pets, plants, remodeling, etc etc. Recent rescue of a new baby. A kitten that was stuck in a tree crying for days. So I'm a sucker for it, then we kept him..... Not like I don't have enough to do already......

[ameares8]

I have heard of that before, but I have never seen it. Good call Mike!

[rcmike]

You guys really haven't seen them before? That is weird, I have seen lots of them. Of course only at night or right after the lights come on.

[sharrison]

TK, That looks like a fishing lure. lol I don't think I've ever seen anything act that crazy for that length of time.

[shanealanbeaty]

Just when I thought i had seen it all!

[tkimmons85]

Sharrison, I can assure you its not a fishing lure. I take this forum very seriously and wouldnt waste anyones time with a stupid prank. If I put a post on here its legitimate and I am sencerely needing someones opinion.

[sandalscout]

tkimmons, I don't think that Sharisson was at all implying that you stage this... it DOES look like a lure though! it's pretty neat looking. No one thinks it's a fake.

[tkimmons85]

I'll agree with you there. I couldnt tell if sharisson was joking or being serious. In any case I just wanted to make it clear that I respect everybody to much on here to pull a stunt like that.