Eunice worm?

rt67ghy · 10/21/2015, 07:32 AM

Is this a eunice worm? This is the best pic I could get. It's larger than the regular bristle worms we have in our tanks and certainly looks different from them.

http://imgur.com/4u8Ywac

Calappidae · 10/21/2015, 07:53 AM

Really hard to tell, but to me it looks like a peanut worm.

Eunice worms have small centipede-like legs and jaws, neither which I can see.

rt67ghy · 10/21/2015, 08:02 AM

It's not a peanut worm because I took one out of the sand thinking it was a eunice worm but ID'd it as a peanut. This other one has legs (which aren't coming out in the pics) and long tentacles and it looks like there are hooks around its mouth. Here's another pic which shows a bit more of the body.

http://imgur.com/NdXtWMI

Calappidae · 10/21/2015, 08:31 AM

That image looks like eunice. I can definitely see the jaws and antennas.

rt67ghy · 10/21/2015, 09:01 AM

Thanks. Now I have to be creative to try to trap it.

Calappidae · 10/21/2015, 05:43 PM

From experience, let me say it's absolute chaos trying to get them.

If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap.

One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms.

rt67ghy · 10/22/2015, 12:10 AM

"If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap."

Yes, I'm planning on using the bottle trap after I catch my algae blenny with it.

"One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms."

You're right. I found a couple of these worms on a coral I put in the tank last year. It was my first stony coral and I didn't dip it. The coral was a lobophyllia hemprichii that came from the sea with and was in my tank for 3 months before I found the worms nestled among the sponges and mushrooms growing on the dead skeleton. I was so disgusted by them I flushed them down the toilet immediately. I didn't take pics to ID them. It's possible a couple may have got off the rock and hid in my rockwork.

olemiss reb · 10/22/2015, 09:24 AM

I've had great success catching fulgidas with this trap-- http://www.reefersquest.com/showthre...oenone-fulgida Figure it should work for the entire Eunicida Order.

I included the slip knot but have never had to use. Watch with a red light long enough and the worm will go all the way in or I just pull it in the morning and see what I got. I've been using Prime Reef as bait.

rt67ghy · 10/22/2015, 09:42 AM

Thanks for the link. That trap looks a sure method to catch a eunice.

Ogi · 10/23/2015, 03:30 AM

I did two things to catch mine, I had over 10!! For the big one I used a tune plugged on side put weights in it silver site and a cap with a hole on the other, used fishing reel tied it up and pulled it out for the others I pulled out the rock and flushed it with soda water

olemiss reb · 10/26/2015, 07:40 AM

I switched bait to PE Mysis and had much better results. 5 fulgidas in the trap this morning.

pbauec · 07/01/2016, 02:31 PM

If anyone catches a Eunice alive I would love to buy it!!!! I want to have a species tank full of them

10/21/2015, 07:32 AM	#1
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	Eunice worm? Is this a eunice worm? This is the best pic I could get. It's larger than the regular bristle worms we have in our tanks and certainly looks different from them. http://imgur.com/4u8Ywac __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

10/21/2015, 07:53 AM	#2
Calappidae Harlequin Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,814	Really hard to tell, but to me it looks like a peanut worm. Eunice worms have small centipede-like legs and jaws, neither which I can see. __________________ Joe

10/21/2015, 08:02 AM	#3
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	It's not a peanut worm because I took one out of the sand thinking it was a eunice worm but ID'd it as a peanut. This other one has legs (which aren't coming out in the pics) and long tentacles and it looks like there are hooks around its mouth. Here's another pic which shows a bit more of the body. http://imgur.com/NdXtWMI __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

10/21/2015, 08:31 AM	#4
Calappidae Harlequin Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,814	That image looks like eunice. I can definitely see the jaws and antennas. __________________ Joe

10/21/2015, 09:01 AM	#5
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	Thanks. Now I have to be creative to try to trap it. __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

10/21/2015, 05:43 PM	#6
Calappidae Harlequin Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,814	From experience, let me say it's absolute chaos trying to get them. If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap. One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms. __________________ Joe

10/22/2015, 12:10 AM	#7
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	"If he's still small you may have good luck with a bottle trap." Yes, I'm planning on using the bottle trap after I catch my algae blenny with it. "One thing to keep in mind is usually there is more than one worms." You're right. I found a couple of these worms on a coral I put in the tank last year. It was my first stony coral and I didn't dip it. The coral was a lobophyllia hemprichii that came from the sea with and was in my tank for 3 months before I found the worms nestled among the sponges and mushrooms growing on the dead skeleton. I was so disgusted by them I flushed them down the toilet immediately. I didn't take pics to ID them. It's possible a couple may have got off the rock and hid in my rockwork. __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

10/22/2015, 09:24 AM	#8
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	I've had great success catching fulgidas with this trap-- http://www.reefersquest.com/showthre...oenone-fulgida Figure it should work for the entire Eunicida Order. I included the slip knot but have never had to use. Watch with a red light long enough and the worm will go all the way in or I just pull it in the morning and see what I got. I've been using Prime Reef as bait. __________________ secesh

10/22/2015, 09:42 AM	#9
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	Thanks for the link. That trap looks a sure method to catch a eunice. __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

10/23/2015, 03:30 AM	#10
Ogi Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 197	I did two things to catch mine, I had over 10!! For the big one I used a tune plugged on side put weights in it silver site and a cap with a hole on the other, used fishing reel tied it up and pulled it out for the others I pulled out the rock and flushed it with soda water

10/26/2015, 07:40 AM	#11
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	I switched bait to PE Mysis and had much better results. 5 fulgidas in the trap this morning. __________________ secesh

07/01/2016, 02:31 PM	#12
pbauec Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 59	If anyone catches a Eunice alive I would love to buy it!!!! I want to have a species tank full of them