Anyone keep a Bobbit worm?

[Maebh]

I was wondering if anyones ever kept a Bobbit worm? I know they are terrifying, but so interesting theyre kinda cute? Id probably cry if i saw one irl but they can have some beautiful colours.

 

[davidcalgary29]

Two problems here: first, they're ambush predators, and you can't really train them to come out and say hello once a day. Second, I don't know anyone that stocks marine bait fish, and I'm not sure that I'd just want a marine tank full of mollies and a eunicid worm -- wouldn't that essentially just be a freshwater tank with something grabby that lives in the substrate?

I think I'd rather go for an eel if I wanted something long and ravenous. At least they're (relatively) personable. But if you do go for a bobbit tank, post pics! I'm sure it'll be a hit here.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Get a cylindrical tank and fill it 80% of the way with sand. They're burrowers and a long tank would be a waste of space