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    Posted: November 15 2004 at 6:01pm

Hey all!

The other morning I walked into my room that contains my aquarium just as the lights were turning on. I noticed a worm about a red-brown worm about 4-inches in length doing the spiral-swimming thing. First, I was a little shocked to see the worm swimming half way up in the water column. Second, I was a little surprised because I had never notice a worm like this before in my aquarium. (It is amazing all the strange cr@p that appears in tank after a while. )

All of a sudden it emitted a milky, white substance (sperm I am assuming) and then exploded! When I say exploded, I mean it. There was nothing left.  It kind of looked like what would have happened if it had been sucked through a powerhead.

Ahh, the joy of seeing strange crap happen in your aquarium.

 

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Wow, did it look something like this?

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Mark, thats not a worm, it is a freak of nature.
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Yeah, it did! What the heck is it? Are they good or bad?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Weimers Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 21 2004 at 5:54pm

Eeeeeeeeeeew... I hate it when this topic comes up.  Mark loves that icky picture.  Eeeyyewuh!

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I have seen something identical to the picture above before. In my 125G goldfish tank I saw something like this floating around. It rode the current for a minute or so then when it floated right in front of an AC802 powerhead it blew up. I then saw another one about to do the same thing, however it was still attached to the rear end of a 12" Oranda. It looks like fish poop to me. At least that is what it looks like when you have 10 12" Oranda, Lionhead, Ranchu & Veiltail Goldfish. If you have any fish big enough to possibly produce something that large, it may just be that.
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