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    Posted: May 13 2010 at 10:07am
I caught this little guy swimming around in my tank last night at about midnight.  He looks like a small white bristleworm, but I've never seen one swim like he does (or even at all).  This one swims with a quick undulating motion.  Any ideas on what this is, and if I should be worried?




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Looks like an ordinary BW to me. I've got pics of 2 foot long worms swimming in a friends tank in the evening. Now that was creepy. And when you caught them they disintegrated. It's part of their spawning and life cycle. We never saw them until they came out about once a year, so we figure they did no harm.Smile
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I figured it was either a different species from the others I have, or it had something to do with a different life stage.
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