Giant worm! What is this?

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

This guy was swimming all over the tank freaking the fish out! All my live rock is manufactured so I can rule out pests from the ocean. What is this!? Most definitely not a bristle worm...

KirstenB · May 30, 2019

Good question.... odd. Following.

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

I have a video of it. Almost snake like in the water. R2R won’t let me upload iPhone video...

hdsoftail1065 · May 30, 2019

UCF Alum said:
I have a video of it. Almost snake like in the water. R2R won’t let me upload iPhone video...

Try Uploading your video to YouTube then post it.

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

Link!

eggplantparrot · May 30, 2019

UCF Alum said:
Link!

oh my god is right... freaky deaky

Dsnakes · May 30, 2019

Ribbon worm maybe? Just my shot in the dark. Crazy for sure.

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

My wife started screaming when she saw this and my Naso tang, fox face and rest of the crew freaked out. I did too, not gonna lie.

Where did this come from??

Dsnakes · May 30, 2019

When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

eggplantparrot · May 30, 2019

Dsnakes said:
When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

I'm guessing sitting in a huge bin of saltwater with lots of other rock as I doubt that thing came outta a fish! yeesh tonight is a nightmare night I guess. thanks @UCF Alum :mad:

Bryson.bobby · May 30, 2019

Wow! That’s crazy. It almost looks like an earth worm. Definitely going to follow this.

ScottR · May 30, 2019

Peanut worm, perhaps?

tautog83 · May 30, 2019

Hopefully by now dead worm lol. Get it outttt

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

Dsnakes said:
When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

My rock is 2 years old. Rock from CaribSea. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I get in the tank often at night with a flashlight. Whatever this thing was did not retreat for cover in the rocks when I went after it. I scooped it out with a net and flushed it. Could one of my fish have coughed this thing up?

Dsnakes · May 30, 2019

UCF Alum said:
My rock is 2 years old. Rock from CaribSea. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I get in the tank often at night with a flashlight. Whatever this thing was did not retreat for cover in the rocks when I went after it. I scooped it out with a net and flushed it. Could one of my fish have coughed this thing up?

Should’ve kept it in a cup for us to check out closer! We may never know

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

eggplantparrot said:
I'm guessing sitting in a huge bin of saltwater with lots of other rock as I doubt that thing came outta a fish! yeesh tonight is a nightmare night I guess. thanks @UCF Alum :mad:

Correct. Was in a bin of saltwater 2 years ago. This “thing” had no intention of seeking cover when I tried to get it. You know, like a bristle worm would.

I’m still creeped out. I hate snake like creatures. This thing came straight from the devil himself.

BeardedMcG · May 30, 2019

I know what that is... a nightmare ;Walkingdead. For real though that is freaky.

BadFish619 · May 30, 2019

Someone is messing with you. Have you had company? That's not natural lol

UCF Alum · May 30, 2019

BadFish619 said:
Someone is messing with you. Have you had company? That's not natural lol

No lol.
I’m sitting here staring at the tank thinking of any and all possibilities of where that thing could’ve come from and can’t think of one.

ScottR · May 30, 2019

If it is a peanut worm - obviously it’s some type of worm - it could have been brought in as a microscopic egg of larva on anything that came from another aquarium. Fish, coral, etc. In fact, it’s possible you may have more.