miggs76 March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 So a few months ago I saw this extremely creepy looking worm in my tank. It was bright orange and red and would just barely poke its head out of a rock hole to scavenge but as soon as it detected me moving near the tank it would quickly dart back into the hole. I tried using a bristle worm trap but it never worked. I researched online and found it to be a eunicid or bobbit worm. It was clearly not a bristle worm. I read about how they can be really bad for the tank so I debated whether or not to just remove the piece of rock but I left it in there............then over the last few weeks I noticed in the morning some of my coral frags were pressed up against the rock instead of in the sand bed where they were the night before. At first I thought it was just some snail moving them around or my mp10 was blowing them around. Then yesterday I literally saw that worm going after a zoa. Needless to say I was livid. I took the rock out and put a new one in---it was a pain because I had coral attached to the rock so I had to do a lot of work taking it off and attaching it to a new piece but I guess I had too. One thing that I noticed right away was that my fire shrimp is now out of hiding. I don't know if that is a coincide. Could it be possible he was scared of this worm? The fire shrimp would literally hid behind another piece of rock all day long unless I fed the tank. Now he is out and about all day. Strange, eh? So I guess the moral of the story for me is this.....I plan on getting a big tank up and running this summer.....I will be buying dry eco rock because I couldn't imagine having to break down a large tank to get a bad hitchhiker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 +1 on the dry rock. Though maybe you could get one of those lasers... Do you have a pic of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 here was mine: http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/42255-2-foot-long-bobbit-worm-evicted/page__p__356100__hl__worm__fromsearch__1entry356100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggs76 March 13, 2012 Author Share March 13, 2012 here was mine: http://www.wamas.org..._1entry356100 Wow--yours was definitely bigger. I don't have a pic of mine because right now the rock is just sitting in a bucket drying out....I know he is in there because i only had 3 pieces of rock total and I saw him dart his head out right before I pulled that piece out of my tank. Did you notice him eating any coral in your tank? How did you know he was there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 I would notice some larger fish disappear. I would see it at night coming out of it's hole in a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schenktank March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 bobbit...twist it...pull it...new high score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggs76 March 13, 2012 Author Share March 13, 2012 I would notice some larger fish disappear. I would see it at night coming out of it's hole in a rock. wow---how large a fish did he take? I only have a small six line and ywg in my tank...I can't believe they were not taken. He was in there for 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 A few fish, I think a tang, a few wrasses too. They are predators! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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