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After lights out yesterday I noticed something swimming near the top. Used a red flashlight to check it out, it was a swimming worm...
Most likely an epitoke. It was at least 1.5"-2"+ long. Did some quick web/forum searching trying to identify. After failing to find definitive evidence to set my mind at ease that it wasn't a bobbit worm or fire worm epitoke, I netted it out and flushed it. Do bobbits and fire worms have the same epitoke stage as bristles?
So just out of curiosity, what do you guys think?: Did I flush a good guy? (big bristleworm epitoke)
Looked like it could just be a bristleworm posterior, but the large size and very rapid movement made me think twice about letting it play out. If it was a bristleworm, I can live with having thwarted one of their reproductive attempts. If it was something more dangerous, then I obviously still have to worry about the mature population it broke off of...
Sorry for the blurry photos, taken with an old phone and I'm not great at photography.
Most likely an epitoke. It was at least 1.5"-2"+ long. Did some quick web/forum searching trying to identify. After failing to find definitive evidence to set my mind at ease that it wasn't a bobbit worm or fire worm epitoke, I netted it out and flushed it. Do bobbits and fire worms have the same epitoke stage as bristles?
So just out of curiosity, what do you guys think?: Did I flush a good guy? (big bristleworm epitoke)
Looked like it could just be a bristleworm posterior, but the large size and very rapid movement made me think twice about letting it play out. If it was a bristleworm, I can live with having thwarted one of their reproductive attempts. If it was something more dangerous, then I obviously still have to worry about the mature population it broke off of...
Sorry for the blurry photos, taken with an old phone and I'm not great at photography.
