Creepy Critters in your tank!?

Daniel@R2R · Oct 30, 2014

What are the creepiest critters you have or have had in your tank or fuge? Pics are awesome if you have them!

Oscaror · Oct 30, 2014

The creepiest crawly I have is a cryptoplax larvaeformis. Don't have a picture.

SeahorseKeeper · Oct 30, 2014

Mine was a scutus.

ritter6788 · Oct 30, 2014

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Daniel@R2R · Oct 31, 2014

ritter6788 said:
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Now THAT is CREEPY!

Squishie89 · Oct 31, 2014

Skeleton shrimp and polyclad flatworms.

ScottyMcReefer · Oct 31, 2014

Is that a bobbit worm ritter? Creepy as heck!

ritter6788 · Oct 31, 2014

ScottyMcReefer said:
Is that a bobbit worm ritter? Creepy as heck!

A worm expert ID'd it as in the genus Eunice. She said it wasn't a bobbit worm. I don't know what happened to it. I never removed it and that rock is still in my tank today. I've never seen it again but the tank it's in now is much more active. I fed it by hand for a while just for amusement. Lol

ScottyMcReefer · Oct 31, 2014

ritter6788 said:
A worm expert ID'd it as in the genus Eunice. She said it wasn't a bobbit worm. I don't know what happened to it. I never removed it and that rock is still in my tank today. I've never seen it again but the tank it's in now is much more active. I fed it by hand for a while just for amusement. Lol

Sweet jesus I'd never stick my hand back in that system lol.

nivram · Oct 31, 2014

These were in my previous tank

laineyg6 · Oct 31, 2014

And these weirdos in the tank are EXACTLY why I love reef aquariums. I ordered some corals online and discovered what appeared to be a microscopic yellow cucumber of some kind. I was thrilled. My favorite hitchiker/creepy crawly is the Stomatella snail. I am obsessed with those guys and they're hard to find.

Squishie89 · Oct 31, 2014

nivram said:
These were in my previous tank

Wow, beautiful photos!

saltyhog · Oct 31, 2014

Polyclad flatworm.

[video]http://vid47.photobucket.com/albums/f164/huntindoc/aquarium/hiker8-3_zps6cc14881.mp4[/video]

Squishie89 · Nov 1, 2014

Funny story about polyclads. I was using boiling water in a turkey baster to try and kill some I knew were in a specific rock. I had my dad looking at the rock while I squirted the water in. So I squirted the water and asked if he saw anything. He said yes. He explained later how suddenly the flatworm was almost bubbling out of rock trying to get out as quick as possible (and was also quite large). Totally freaked him out.