Jstn
03/30/2013, 03:30 PM
My acans have been going down hill for the last 2-3 months, I have been trying everything related to water quality to random dips and saw no improvement. Turns out these acans were in the same spot on a rock, last night after dark I saw a little worm munching on my pink acan! It wasn't a standard bristle worm and previously, I have never noticed such a worm. In addition, for the last few months I have been blowing off dust/sand in a crack between the acans, I didnt think much other than it shouldnt be there (high flow area coupled with I dont have sand as a substrate), now I think its traces of the worms burrowing their homes.
A pic of a piece of the worm, left the suspected culprite, right is a standard bristle (sorry for the quality). It looks like one of those sand worms from beatlejuice with thin black stripes down its body.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/BCDD669C-00CC-403D-98B6-237EEFD5C314-26321-00000A85C2E5D4F2_zps2809ff33.jpg
http://www.retrocrush.com/100monsters/sandworm3.jpg
Damage survey after removing the acans from the rock.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/7C3AF4AD-DED1-41F2-830D-761292604F29-424-00000015ADC9B92B_zpse6926185.jpg
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/08675CBE-25A8-4DF3-97CA-FCF663A398D5-424-00000015B0BE2276_zps468c54ed.jpg
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/9277A432-F332-4C3F-852C-BA345431AF94-424-00000015B3D7EED9_zps236c7e6d.jpg
they were all here
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/AAB4D98F-F18C-484D-BE98-4FFB65887551-424-00000015B6E005CD_zps0b4a898e.jpg
Other acans that look fine
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/D8D98EF4-0244-4E1F-B276-C4498B15BA1C-424-0000001641FD7CD7_zps36b4bf61.jpg
So now the hunt is on, I feel relieved that I may of found the problem albeit may be a difficult task to accomplish. Any advice on catching this evil creatures?
A pic of a piece of the worm, left the suspected culprite, right is a standard bristle (sorry for the quality). It looks like one of those sand worms from beatlejuice with thin black stripes down its body.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/BCDD669C-00CC-403D-98B6-237EEFD5C314-26321-00000A85C2E5D4F2_zps2809ff33.jpg
http://www.retrocrush.com/100monsters/sandworm3.jpg
Damage survey after removing the acans from the rock.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/7C3AF4AD-DED1-41F2-830D-761292604F29-424-00000015ADC9B92B_zpse6926185.jpg
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/08675CBE-25A8-4DF3-97CA-FCF663A398D5-424-00000015B0BE2276_zps468c54ed.jpg
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/9277A432-F332-4C3F-852C-BA345431AF94-424-00000015B3D7EED9_zps236c7e6d.jpg
they were all here
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/AAB4D98F-F18C-484D-BE98-4FFB65887551-424-00000015B6E005CD_zps0b4a898e.jpg
Other acans that look fine
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff458/jbolton19/D8D98EF4-0244-4E1F-B276-C4498B15BA1C-424-0000001641FD7CD7_zps36b4bf61.jpg
So now the hunt is on, I feel relieved that I may of found the problem albeit may be a difficult task to accomplish. Any advice on catching this evil creatures?