Bobbit worm removal?
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Hopefully it will go in to the bottle fully. I couldn’t pull the worm out of the rock and I didn’t want to rip it. Good luck.
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I used some carnivore frozen.
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A cup of water and a dash of salt
Ugh sorry. Someone the other day said they can bite you too....
There is a wrasse in that picture.
I'd throw that rock in a vat of acid if it got my wrasse.
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That was the other big one I couldn’t get of the rock. The rock is sitting in an empty bucket. I will cure it next month.
If the poster above was correct on the species this is the Info on the worm. I think it came in on my KP rock too.
Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm
Eurythoe complanata is commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.
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Bobbit worms are like having a freaking monster lurking in your tank. no ty.
Can you move the rock it's in to a different tank so its isolated from your reef?
Can you move the rock it's in to a different tank so its isolated from your reef?
king aiptasia
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this is not a eunicidae at all, your wrasse was dead or dying before the worm took it
There is a wrasse in that picture.
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Eurythoe is an extremely beneficial worm to have around, its an exclusive scavengerThat was the other big one I couldn’t get of the rock. The rock is sitting in an empty bucket. I will cure it next month.
If the poster above was correct on the species this is the Info on the worm. I think it came in on my KP rock too.
Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm
Eurythoe complanata is commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.www.reeflex.net
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Did you read the link I posted? That doesn’t read like a scavenger.
Over the past 2 months since I seen these worms I have lost 3 fish and 5 zoas in the general area of that worm. I don’t believe at all those fish or zoa’s were dying. That wrasse slept on shelf where it was being eaten every night. We will have to agree to disagree on this.
Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm
Eurythoe complanata is commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.
king aiptasia
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Eurythoe is one of the, if not the most commonly reported polychaetes in the hobby, if they were such adept hunters they'd have developed that reputation much sooner. if you want further evidence dissect one of the dead worms and you'll notice no biting jaws or notable teeth. Predatory, polychaetes like Glycera and Eunice are unmistakably active predators that can subdue even proportionally large prey itemsDid you read the link I posted? That doesn’t read like a scavenger.
Over the past 2 months since I seen these worms I have lost 3 fish and 5 zoas in the general area of that worm. I don’t believe at all those fish or zoa’s were dying. That wrasse slept on shelf where it was being eaten every night. We will have to agree to disagree on this.
Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm
Eurythoe complanata is commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.
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It’s gone now so dissecting it is moot. Here is another one of these threads on R2R
Bristleworm + other worm?
Just pulled these guys outta the live rock i just received from KP Aquatics (who do a KILLER job btw) before i put it in my new tank - hoping the big guy is just a bristleworm (and not fireworm), but not sure what the other one is. Anyone know what they are, and if ok to go ahead and put in my...
www.reef2reef.com
king aiptasia
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you can always identify a Eunicidae by the presence of 5 head appendages/antennaIt’s gone now so dissecting it is moot. Here is another one of these threads on R2R
Bristleworm + other worm?
Just pulled these guys outta the live rock i just received from KP Aquatics (who do a KILLER job btw) before i put it in my new tank - hoping the big guy is just a bristleworm (and not fireworm), but not sure what the other one is. Anyone know what they are, and if ok to go ahead and put in my...
fireworm vs bristleworm for the most part are not proper terms and mean nothing outside of the forums. as an exercise of my point tell me what genus is a bristle worm? as for fireworm a bearded fireworm is Hermodice carunculata, an animal very rarely encountered in aquarius
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According to Dr. Paddy Ryan this worm falls under Fire worm and that’s enough for me.
At this point doesn’t matter, I pulled them out.
At this point doesn’t matter, I pulled them out.
king aiptasia
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where's the best way to contact this man?According to Dr. Paddy Ryan this worm falls under Fire worm and that’s enough for me.
At this point doesn’t matter, I pulled them out.
