Bobbit worm

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

hinovak said:
I am pretty sure they need to make another saw movie, where some one gets thrown into a tank filled with Eunice worms.

You ever saw alien vs. Predator? They made it already.

hinovak · Jul 28, 2015

Lol. Yup, a fair comparison

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

hinovak said:
Lol. Yup, a fair comparison

Or maybe "Tremors".

ictvaper · Jul 28, 2015

143MPCo said:
Could have been... check this one out..

I am not sure what that critter is. What I do know is that it appears to present a clear and present danger to tank inhabitants. Given that, I suggest removal and new residence be the freezer.

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

ictvaper said:
I am not sure what that critter is. What I do know is that it appears to present a clear and present danger to tank inhabitants. Given that, I suggest removal and new residence be the freezer.

It's a bobbit worm.

ictvaper · Jul 28, 2015

bsr2430 said:
It's a bristle worm, I had one, never touch it, it will cause a temporary numb, followed with a slight pain, nothing more though. But these guys will attack your fish only at night. Go in your tank and lift your center rocks and there's probably more, that same size...

My tank had many, find and kill them so the smaller ones can be eat by your selected crew for them. If you don't have a clean up crew for them, buy some. There's so many options for clean up crews.

Hopes this helps.

I found the bristle worms to feel like they left their bristles in the skin and when rubbed the wrong way....YEEEEEOUCH. Not only that, but after several exposures in one week my hands started swelling up. Hunt them suckers with a pair of tweezers....and that is no joke.

bobbychullo · Jul 28, 2015

hinovak said:
Do you think a really large wrasse could eat one of those dudes? Or any of the predatory fish we keep in the hobby? Thoughts? Who could do battle with this guy? Let's say you have a 2,000 gal. Tank, and you can't catch him. What fish would you try? Give a reason behind your choice.

mantis shrimp

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

bobbychullo said:
mantis shrimp

I went to the lfs to browse today and they have a smash display tank with a mantis shrimp in it. They had some hermits in it too. I asked the guy if the mantis was eating the hermits. He said the mantis tries but isn't strong enough to break the hermit shells. So I don't think the psycho mantis shrimps can take on the Bobbit demons.

bobbychullo · Jul 28, 2015

there are spear mantis shrimp as well, not all smash.

bobbychullo · Jul 28, 2015

56 seconds in

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

bobbychullo said:
there are spear mantis shrimp as well, not all smash.

Yep, but you saw the video of the lionfish? A mantis can't do that, they might be crazy but they don't have the power. A bobbit has the power to slice fish and corals in half and it has venom.

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

bobbychullo said:
there are spear mantis shrimp as well, not all smash.

bobbychullo · Jul 28, 2015

lol he pulled that hermit right out of his shell

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

bobbychullo said:
lol he pulled that hermit right out of his shell

Id rather the hermit crab.

trio91 · Jul 28, 2015

Are there natural predators out there for those worms?

Cleo642 · Jul 28, 2015

trio91 said:
Are there natural predators out there for those worms?

I doubt it. Lol

megisawesome06 · Jul 28, 2015

Thank you. This has truly been the most horrifying thing I've ever seen in my life. I hold you all accountable for my inevitable nightmares.
Seriously though...how does one not know its in there if it's a million feet long? Now I'm paranoid I could have one! [emoji33]

erk · Jul 28, 2015

They typically come in small, a couple inches or so in the live rock. It takes years for them to reach the feet+ length you see and only if you are providing enough food for them.