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Crazy Tarzan 
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Posted: September 23 2003 at 7:14am |
Ok, so I'm new at this, but what are the little worms in my tank that live in the sand, or use the sand to make tubes. They are mostly clear, have two really long tenticles and are pretty small.... Tenticles are about 1-1.5 in, and they are maybe 1-2 mm in diameter. Just wondering what they are called. They were eating the detrius so I'm not to worried about them.
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Posted: September 23 2003 at 6:30pm |
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got any pics of them?
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Posted: September 24 2003 at 6:50am |
Unfortunatley I don't have any pics of them, too small and my little digital camera isn't nice enough to zoom in. I'll have to find a picture somewhere and see what it tells me.
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Posted: September 24 2003 at 7:27pm |
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I have them in my tank too, and I have yet to findout what they are.
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Posted: September 25 2003 at 9:35am |
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You have the Spaghetti (Terebellid) worm. Here is a link that is all about them. They are a good thing for the sand bed.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/
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Posted: September 25 2003 at 10:04am |
Spaghetti worms usally have more than two tenticles I think. Sounds like a Spionidae to me... http://www.aquarium.net/1197/1197_1.shtml
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Posted: September 25 2003 at 10:22am |
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You are correct it is Spionidae (sp-on-id-day). Good article.
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Posted: September 26 2003 at 11:27am |
I've seen the spionidae worms on some of my rock, but they are very very small there. However they are very similar to what I have in the sand bed, just the ones in the sand bed are actually active and noticable. I remember reading that article a while back, just wasn't sure if that's what they were. Thanks for the help guys.
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