Is this a Bobbit Worm

mitch91175 · Feb 15, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
Nice! How did you catch it? Is that not all of it? If not the pieces left may regenerate.

Yes definitely not all of it and positive it'll regenerate. The head is still in there. I have a bare bottom tank and I say its tube so I grabbed it. Like others have said, they are fast so if it's one to be concerned about, rock work will have to come down to get it.

bluemon · Feb 15, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Well if you decide you want to catch it. I know there are people on here that would pay to take it off your hands

What do they want with them? Are there dedicated bobbit worm tanks?

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 15, 2019

bluemon said:
What do they want with them? Are there dedicated bobbit worm tanks?

Yes they have a tank for them. There are people like me that like to keep the weird and creepy stuff.

Neo Jeo · Feb 15, 2019

Get those vermetid snails out of there

mitch91175 · Feb 15, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
Get those vermetid snails out of there

Haha. Impossible.

Neo Jeo · Feb 15, 2019

mitch91175 said:
Haha. Impossible.

lol I made a big change on mine. I manually removed a lot then used a 5w laser to burn the rest

It seems to be working .

mitch91175 · Feb 15, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
lol I made a big change on mine. I manually removed a lot then used a 5w laser to burn the rest It seems to be working .

I have way too many to even imagine how long that'll take. Coral are growing so ain't no going backwards if I can avoid it. Have had my live rock for almost 5 years I'd say. I know I can nuke the rock, but not worth it, lol.

bluemon · Feb 15, 2019

I hear diy coral snow kills them pretty well

reef lover · Feb 15, 2019

Some do have a taste for soft corals..especially kenya tree

KJ · Feb 15, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Yes they have a tank for them. There are people like me that like to keep the weird and creepy stuff.

KJ · Feb 15, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Yes they have a tank for them. There are people like me that like to keep the weird and creepy stuff.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 15, 2019

KJ said:

Beautiful!

if only we can convince my husband to let me have one lol;Hilarious

mitch91175 · Feb 15, 2019

reef lover said:
Some do have a taste for soft corals..especially kenya tree

Just don’t want it eating my zoas

White Monkey · Feb 15, 2019

mitch91175 said:
Maybe this helps

My worst nightmare.

KJ · Feb 15, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Beautiful! if only we can convince my husband to let me have one lol;Hilarious

Let me work on that!

WV Reefer · Feb 15, 2019

I used to keep a Eunice Worm named The Creep. He was so cool. I would put things in his tank and he would attach them to his rock. He would eat or tear up just about anything. He liked shredding macro algae a lot.

I have several cool videos of him eating on IG.

mitch91175 · Mar 14, 2019

Well I finally decided to catch the eunicid worm. Here is a video of what I was able to catch:

reef lover · Mar 15, 2019

Glad you got him!

mitch91175 · Mar 15, 2019

reef lover said:
Glad you got him!

So am I bro. I have been having zoas disappear and snails and at first was chalking it up to things do die, but once I realized that I had a eunicid worm and saw that it had spun it web to a pathway to a zoa colony that I had (glad it wasn't some of my higher end zoas but I think it may have much on one of my recent high end zoa frags) enough was enough.

Not going to wait anything out again in the future once I realize that I have something in my tank that I can get out of it; even if it requires tearing down the tank to trap it.