Blue Bristleworm
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Topic: Blue Bristleworm
Posted By: aquablue
Subject: Blue Bristleworm
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 3:04pm
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I've had this guy in my cube for a while, started tiny and thrived to the 6" or so creature here. I've never seen an entirely blue bodied bristleworm before and thought he was interesting, he's alongside a typical bristleworm here for comparison:
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Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 3:14pm
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You should bring that picture to the meeting tonight and ask Steven Pro about it! ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 3:18pm
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Heck I could bring the worm! lol He's still in his own container. He's pretty interesting, hasn't bothered anything in the tank and likes to swallow sand, leaves a trail of clean sand behind lol ------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 3:19pm
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Oh bring the worm! ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 4:19pm
He'll be making an appearance! 
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Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 11:28pm
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Thats very cool! to bad i am not at the meeting! never actualy seen a bristle worm in real life:P and are they bad?? ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 02 2012 at 11:44pm
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This one hasn't done anything bad in my cube, he's just been doing sand cleanup mostly.
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Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: August 03 2012 at 12:48pm
| What did steven pro say about it? |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 03 2012 at 12:57pm
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Actually I didn't get a chance to show it to him, everyone was heading out the door by the time I thought about it or had a chance to talk to him personally lol. Last night I also noticed he has a younger sibling in the cube, as far as I can tell they're the only blue ones in there with the rest being the typical coloration. The big one is still in an aerated isolation container and being fed, I'll likely just return him to the cube since he's never shown any signs of aggression towards tank mates or corals of any kind, despite being much larger than the majority of other critters in there. ------------- 12G Nano Cube | DIY LED Member of GCFB |
Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 7:27pm
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Blueregard Wormstrom has been returned to the cube, much to his apparent joy. Like before he's out in plain sight searching for food with no real concern for hiding:
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Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 7:54pm
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Things like this little guy^ is one of the many reasons i love Salt Water. Ya never know what yer gonna get. Cool Picture also. ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: jason10012
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 8:04pm
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nice to see it got all is color back after the meeting and +1 to builderofdreams I agree completely! ------------- 30 gallon nano |
Posted By: Dionysus
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 8:07pm
Same reason why I like a box of chocolates. =) ------------- AquaMedic 250 Watt XM 20k 2 420s Vhos 29 DT SPS Dominant 20 G Long Frag http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56607&title=dionysus-tank-build" rel="nofollow - My Tank Progress =) |
builderofdreams wrote:Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: August 06 2012 at 1:34am
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He really did start getting his color back when he went back in though his red on his bristles is still faded, but the blue is coming back in. He went crazy bleached when he was isolated, he acted lethargic and generally unhappy looking until he went back to the cube, he was in a container with aeration, biological and chemical filtration too... just apparently preferred the actual tank.
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