Worm id

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

Is this a bobbit worm?

Squid · Mar 2, 2017

Yup thats a bobbit. Thanks for the nightmare fuel!

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

Lol. Im glad i got it out while it is small. He was really going after my shrimp bait

Lionfish Lair · Mar 2, 2017

Did you pull him out of some rock or something? I'm not seeing a butt. I think half of him may still be in the tank.

ndrwater · Mar 2, 2017

Which means, there is possibly a viable half still in the tank......

Lionfish Lair · Mar 2, 2017

Yup....

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

Ugh. I did

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

Its on a rock on top though. Do you think a freshwater dip will flush it out?

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

I think i got the tail

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

kashman100 · Mar 2, 2017

And another piece?

Lionfish Lair · Mar 3, 2017

kashman100 said:

This could be the tail.

kashman100 said:

This is not his tail....

Lionfish Lair · Mar 3, 2017

Even though logic would tell me they are both pieces of the same worm, there's a difference in them that make me think it's not the same worm.

You can see the gills in the top half.

You can see the gills in this piece.....

You can't see gills in this piece....

MicroPico · Mar 3, 2017

Looks like you have a couple or even several. I would take that rock out and any others you got with it and soak for 48 hours in fresh water in a bucket or two. Under no circumstance do you want even a piece of one left in your tank. Each piece can grow another worm and when stressed, they drop multiple pieces of themselves in order to insure their survival. They will decimate your livestock.

kashman100 · Mar 3, 2017

I do have the peice it was in soaking but the live rock has been in the tank for a year. Do they grow slow?

Lionfish Lair · Mar 3, 2017

kashman100 said:
Do they grow slow?

I'm sure it's proportionate to the available food.

Brian W · Mar 3, 2017

BObbit....luckily Ive never seen one. Hopefully this is the last one you will see

Lionfish Lair · Mar 3, 2017

Just to clarify, these aren't actually true "Bobbit worms" that you see catching fish in the popular videos. Most of these guys are just scavengers and only the Eunice aphroditois (The Bobbit) are fish hunters.