Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: need help with a worm ID

  1. #1
    Curious Reefer
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    VA
    Posts
    11
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    need help with a worm ID

    ok ive been searching for the ID of this worm everywhere but i cannot find it..

    it was about 6 inches long with a red head area about 1/2 inch long with a maw. One night i went to bed and everything was fine the next morning my yellow tang had a hole about 1/8 inch diameter strait though it.. i searched everything in the tank looking for a cause but found nothing.

    about a week later another fish had the same.. one night while watching the tank in the dark i saw it and watched where it went but never could catch it.. after it killed 1 more fish i had to dismantle my tank inevitably killing everything... i would really like to find out what this was so when my new tank gets set up i know what region of live rock to be suspicious of.

  2. #2
    Grand Master Reefer Reefbaby's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Göteborg, Sweden
    Posts
    2,092
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    are you sure it was a worm? Could it have been a mantis shrimp?

    Did it look like this?
    Christi

  3. #3
    Grand Master Reefer Reefbaby's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Göteborg, Sweden
    Posts
    2,092
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Christi

  4. #4
    Grand Master Reefer Amphibious's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Ft. Pierce, FL
    Posts
    4,702
    Blog Entries
    1
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 122 Times in 91 Posts
    gryffyn, welcome to TR.

    Can you get a picture of this thing?

    Dick
    Amphibious

    Good Luck comes to those who research and prepare.


    Our Talking Reef Forum The Cultured Reef Forum
    My tank journal Amphibious' 135 mixed reef.
    The Cutured Reef toll free number - 888 745-0449




    Amblyeleotris randalli commonly, Randall's Goby.

  5. #5
    Apprentice bryan ayo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    batonrouge ,la
    Posts
    60
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    That thing sound viscous...Do you think that the fish are dying from another source and the worm is being opportunistic?

  6. #6
    Curious Reefer
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    VA
    Posts
    11
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    no its not a mantis shrimp... it may be that it turns out to be a eunice type worm..i dont have pics i didnt have a camera at the time... and it was the worm attacking the fish i saw him attack the 3rd fish and i tried to catch him at that time but couldnt and that night he killed the fish so i ended up having to purge the rocks which killed all my inverts

  7. #7
    Grand Master Reefer Reefbaby's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Göteborg, Sweden
    Posts
    2,092
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    uigh....did you find him then?
    Christi

  8. #8
    Curious Reefer
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    VA
    Posts
    11
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    yeah i eventually got him but am having to start all over again.. so ive come lookin for advice and others know-how.. this place is great..

  9. #9
    Grand Master Reefer Reefbaby's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Göteborg, Sweden
    Posts
    2,092
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    did you get a picture? What kind of worm do you think it was? I'd be very interested to know what kind of worm would cause such damage to the fish!
    Christi

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. How do I remove a 4' Eunicid worm?
    By mysterybox in forum Snails & Crabs & Others
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 02-10-2008, 06:39 PM
  2. Anyone know what this scary black worm is?
    By MMaz in forum Snails & Crabs & Others
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 09-10-2007, 03:35 PM
  3. Giant Fan worm Decapitated?
    By unre4l in forum Snails & Crabs & Others
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 05-01-2007, 11:34 AM
  4. Yellow Worm Identification?
    By JR Aquatics in forum Snails & Crabs & Others
    Replies: 30
    Last Post: 03-10-2007, 11:44 PM
  5. COCO Worm feeding time
    By Kevin McG in forum Show us your...
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 03-13-2006, 01:43 AM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •