Worms?
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Topic: Worms?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Worms?
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 12:47am
| I'm pretty new to salt water tanks so I'm pretty much just learning as I go. It's kind of a big task with 200 gallons and so many Q's. Right now I just noticed under a rock there was a worm that was about 1 inch long and red in color. Is it bad, good or what does it mean to my tank? |
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Posted By: KeoDog
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 7:58am
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Probably a bristle worm. Good. ------------- Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT) 300g reef "A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud." Ayn Rand |
Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 9:32am
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Another Sean S.? Welcome to the board. Agreeing with Kevin - bristle worm - good. ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: Simple
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 6:09pm
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Hello everyone,
Welcome to the board Sean.
I encourage you to learn before you go. I guarantee you'll save money, time and lives.
As the others have suggested it's likely a bristle worm/fire worm. About 98%+ of these worms are good news. However it is worth mentioning that every now and then an "evil" variation finds it's way into home aquaria.
If it's a good worm, it will basically scavenge for leftover food and decaying matter. Keep in mind that a dying animal, even if it looks healthy, counts as decaying matter. Hope that helps, Chris ------------- Ascult� tot, dar nu crede tot. Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see. |
so I'm pretty much just learning as I go.Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 7:11pm
In 12 years of reefing experience with quite a few tanks the only "evil variation" I ever found was green! It looked exactly like a bristleworm except for color. It was fun to finally have a Bristleworm that I needed to remove.  And with a chunk of brine shrimp wrapped in a big wad of Bridal Veil material on a length of fishing line, it was the easiest thing I ever caught out of a reef aquarium.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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