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Unread 10/15/2018, 02:25 PM   #1
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Bet this will make your nerves tingle

So I was doing my morning feed and saw this weird object sweep by my peripheral view. What on gods green earth is this? My yellow watchman pistol shrim share same burrow. I was about to yank it with my forceps but thought I might want to know what it might be before I posibly yank my whole structure down. Huge Bristle worm? Starfish? Crappy photos

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Unread 10/15/2018, 02:27 PM   #2
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Looks like a common bristle worm to me.



Good guy, leave him be.


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"He's just taking his lunch to work"
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Looks like a common bristle worm to me.
Good guy, leave him be.
Yep... bristle worm..
Welcome to saltwater world..
Thats very..very common..


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You want to see creepy?


There is a video on youtube of what happens when you seriously overfeed and the bristle worms run amuck. They literally plug up his plumbing there is so many of them. He pulls them out of his pipes by the thousands!


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You want to see creepy?


There is a video on youtube of what happens when you seriously overfeed and the bristle worms run amuck. They literally plug up his plumbing there is so many of them. He pulls them out of his pipes by the thousands!
The creepy ones are the 5+ft bobbit/eunice worms,etc.. people pull out of their plumbing wondering why the flow has slowed down..


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Unread 10/15/2018, 02:45 PM   #6
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Whew! Good to know. Almost took a day off of work to come up with a plan! However, when you guys say its a good one I assume he wont bother my goby or pistol shrimp? I been wondering why the pair has been poking out of a differnt hole. That thing looks like it can do some damage how big it is. Lol. Guess I'll read a bit more about them

P.S. I know one of you told me to turn down my blues when I photo. But I freaked a bit and forgot to grab my controller! Lol

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They are detrivores, their mouths are like big straws. Unless it's dead and decaying(sludge), they cannot eat it.


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Unread 10/15/2018, 03:50 PM   #8
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They are detrivores, their mouths are like big straws. Unless it's dead and decaying(sludge), they cannot eat it.
Thanks for the info. Crazy how I never noticed it for how big it is now.

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Yea you'll be amazed at all the forms of life you'll find in your tank. A healthy tank is full of stuff from copepods to bristle worms to brittle starfish. Fun to watch everything live together and form an ecosystem.


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I had a decent sized one that got pretty brave. When I'd feed the last anemone I had he'd try to steal the food from it. Finally got ahold of it and into the sump it went.


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Like Mcgyvr said look up a bobbit worm !! Those will make your skin crawl a little


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The creepy ones are the 5+ft bobbit/eunice worms,etc.. people pull out of their plumbing wondering why the flow has slowed down..
Im guessing it wouldnt be a good thing to show the wife. There goes tank funding! Lol

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There is a video on youtube of what happens when you seriously overfeed and the bristle worms run amuck. They literally plug up his plumbing there is so many of them. He pulls them out of his pipes by the thousands!
Good lord! That is something I hope to not encounter until my son grows up a bit. "Hey son you want some ice cream?" "Well come on over here?"

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If you got one you have more. Just don't touch. Nasty sting. But you will eventually get stung. I think we all have been. You know, I just need to move that a bit so I will skip the gloves


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Unread 10/16/2018, 01:03 PM   #15
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If you got one you have more. Just don't touch. Nasty sting. But you will eventually get stung. I think we all have been. You know, I just need to move that a bit so I will skip the gloves
I know right. Just like the "I'll never flood my floor during a water change" a matter of when. Lol

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