morgan175 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 For the people who have had one. Here is a picture. If you shine a light on it at the right angle it shoots back in the hole or rock or sand. Where ever. I hace lost a bangaii, kole tang many peppermint shrimp. Please advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Really hard to tell from the picture. Do you hear snapping at night? Maybe it's a mantis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 hard to imagine a bobbit worm taking down and eating a Kole Tang unless it's enormous. Mine was about 18" long resting and about as big around as my little finger. It ate hundreds of Euphyllia heads, zoas but never ate a fish or a shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 January 24, 2015 Author Share January 24, 2015 I have never seen the whole thing. I have lost those fish i have no clue why. Just recently. No sounds like a mantis. Best pic i could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Looks like a 19" bobbit worm. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Try using a red light flashlight, most inverts can't see the light and they about their business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 (edited) hard to imagine a bobbit worm taking down and eating a Kole Tang unless it's enormous. Mine was about 18" long resting and about as big around as my little finger. It ate hundreds of Euphyllia heads, zoas but never ate a fish or a shrimp.Here is a video of one taking out a kole tang sized fish Edited January 24, 2015 by gmerek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3H4J5QDQeA4 here is another one worth watching. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 January 24, 2015 Author Share January 24, 2015 Woke up several times throughout the night and with the red light nothing. Guess i will try this for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Woke up several times throughout the night and with the red light nothing. Guess i will try this for a week. I kept a large one in a species tank for quite some time, and it rarely skipped out on grabbing an easy meal. Just put a raw shrimp or a silverside near the hole an hour or so after lights out and wait for movement. If it's a Eunicid, it will almost certainly go for it as long as it's dark and feels safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffyGeos January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3H4J5QDQeA4 here is another one worth watching. Wow! HOLY CR@P! Don't tell me that thing just took out a lionfish!!!!!!! How big does that think get, and how big was that lionfish? The lion fish was easily 10x the width of the Bobbit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul'sReef January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 In the comments the diver says the lion fish was about 6in and the worm was as wide as two thumbs. I've heard before that they can get several feet long but you rarely see their whole body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 January 24, 2015 Author Share January 24, 2015 What is scaring me is none of you said you idiot that is a ****** coral. That is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 The video footage reminds me of the movie "tremors" you best get an elephant gun to take em out. Jk on you tube I noticed there is a video on how to catch them. You may want to take a look at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshnarw January 25, 2015 Share January 25, 2015 Just to put it out there: they're actually quite personable in a species tank. Just don't pet it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 25, 2015 Share January 25, 2015 I kept mine in the overflow with a few fish and a Green Death Star. The GDS decided to eat the Bobbit one day and that was the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 January 25, 2015 Share January 25, 2015 Whats a green death star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 January 25, 2015 Author Share January 25, 2015 Its a mean starfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggs76 January 25, 2015 Share January 25, 2015 The green colored serpent Stars have been know to cause havoc on reef tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 25, 2015 Share January 25, 2015 bristle star not serpent star. Ophiarachna incrassata aka "Green Death Star" is a very efficient ambush predator that rears up on its' legs making a cage and when an unsuspecting fish swims through, drops onto it, crushes and eats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruleyii January 27, 2015 Share January 27, 2015 That is a nasty looking worm. It looks alien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 January 27, 2015 Author Share January 27, 2015 Well i got a plan buy another tank. Not putting my hands in it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 February 4, 2015 Author Share February 4, 2015 Here is the rock no worm yet. Soaked in ro. Not happy if i missed him. Broke some corals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 If it's a bobbit, and it's in the rock, they can curl up real tiny like in there. Have you considered chipping the rock or breaking it to see if something is in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 February 6, 2015 Author Share February 6, 2015 I found it in the sand last night. I have video but dont know how to shorten it. It ate a nassarius snail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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