Can i leave this worm in my tank?

[loweryphil]

Tried ripping my rock apart yesterday and nothing. Dipped the rock i saw it on in fresh water. Havent noticed anything dying or any problems?

 

[MicroPico]

Peanut worm. Great algae eater. Nocturnal. Very weird worm with a long bristle rimmed, banded feeding tube, attached to a whitish beige (human stomach shaped) body. Good hitchhiker.

 

[bios]

Pic is not so clear but I will say eunice

 

[MicroPico]

I may have miss spoke. Is the feeding tube smooth or are there feelers along it?

 

[MicroPico]

Need a clearer pic of upper body. Peanut worm tubes are smooth & banded but the closer I look, it looks like a bobbitt worm (feelers & segments down its body...very bad. Eats fish etc bigger than its mouth. If you tear it apart, each segment grows into another one. Please post a clearer pic.

 

[loweryphil]

Theres about 5 things coming from its head

 

[smh254]

I would say bobbitt worm

 

[loweryphil]

This was the best i could do. Everytime i got near it shot back into a crevice in the blink of an eye. I dipped the rock in fresh water and havent seen it since last night.

 

[3mm3]

Definitely a Eunicid worm. Remove it at all costs.

 

[MicroPico]

Can you see a pair of pinchers in the center of the mouth bristles?

 

[ahiggins]

Peanut worm. Great algae eater. Nocturnal. Very weird worm with a long bristle rimmed, banded feeding tube, attached to a whitish beige (human stomach shaped) body. Good hitchhiker.

hahaha I sorta agree-I found my first one the other day....man was it creepy

 

[loweryphil]

Can you see a pair of pinchers in the center of the mouth bristles?

I dont know. It was so hard to even get this picture it was so shy to any movement or when i fish swam by it shot back away

 

[loweryphil]

hahaha I sorta agree-I found my first one the other day....man was it creepy

Its not a bad guy?

 

[3mm3]

Place a piece of Krill or something meaty near that rock and you will eventually see the worm go for the food. They seem to have great vision though so your movement may scare him back.

 

[3mm3]

that is not a peanut worm.
the 5 feelers on its heat and spines along its side are a dead give away.

 

[smh254]

Its not a bad guy?

It is a bad guy get it out of there

 

[loweryphil]

How has it survived 6 weeks without eating anything if my fish and corals are untouched? Yesterday was the first time i saw it

 

[bios]

They can survive for months whitout eating

 

[3mm3]

They will eat anything they can get a hold of. Fish food of every kind, snails, crabs, coral (especially lps and softies), fish and your prized clams.
Trust me remove it at all costs. As they grow their appetite grows.

 

[smh254]