Full Version: Bristleworm..Fireworm?
Just noticed this guy in my tank today he is about 1/2 inch long.
Bristle.
That's the dreaded RED DEATH WORM!!! 
If you so much as even make it think you see it, it can fire it's deadly, neurotoxin filled, razor barbed stingers out of the water at a distance of over TEN FEET! What's worse? The poison eats through your flesh like acid through calcium, turning your extremities black and dissolving your bones...
Nah, it's a bristleworm. Personally I wish I could find a huge fire worm, it would make a cool creature for a species tank, IMO.
If you so much as even make it think you see it, it can fire it's deadly, neurotoxin filled, razor barbed stingers out of the water at a distance of over TEN FEET! What's worse? The poison eats through your flesh like acid through calcium, turning your extremities black and dissolving your bones... Nah, it's a bristleworm. Personally I wish I could find a huge fire worm, it would make a cool creature for a species tank, IMO.
QUOTE (carbon-mantis @ Nov 20 2009, 12:13 PM) 
That's the dreaded RED DEATH WORM!!! If you so much as even make it think you see it, it can fire it's deadly, neurotoxin filled, razor barbed stingers out of the water at a distance of over TEN FEET! What's worse? The poison eats through your flesh like acid through calcium, turning your extremities black and dissolving your bones...
If you so much as even make it think you see it, it can fire it's deadly, neurotoxin filled, razor barbed stingers out of the water at a distance of over TEN FEET! What's worse? The poison eats through your flesh like acid through calcium, turning your extremities black and dissolving your bones... Lol. You almost had me
It is a fire worm (the large white bristles are one indicator), which is a type of bristle worm. Yours is a harmless scavenger, though you should avoid touching the bristles.
QUOTE (lakshwadeep @ Nov 20 2009, 11:17 PM)
It is a fire worm (the large white bristles are one indicator), which is a type of bristle worm. Yours is a harmless scavenger, though you should avoid touching the bristles.
unless you enjoy the feeling of insulation stuck in your skin!
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