TFMANIAC Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hello Reefers. I've got a 2ft Invert only tank and I've recently spotted an evil Bobbit worm. I know alot of you feel that Bobbit worms are good residents to have in a tank. That they're excellent and clearing leftover and the gunk on the substrate but this one is huge. It's as thick as a wooden pencil and I must get it evicted. It lives over here, very close to where the hermits gather and sleep. I call it the cave of Doom. I've heard of setting a bottle trap with some prawn meat just near the location where it lives. My question is, how effective is it? Wouldn't it just grab the food and retreat back to the cave? How do I ensure that it goes all the way into the bottle and drops in? Any help and all alternative extraction methods are most welcome. Please... for the love of invertebrates. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Give the rock it lives in a FW dip. Link to comment
scythe Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hello Reefers. I've got a 2ft Invert only tank and I've recently spotted an evil Bobbit worm. I know alot of you feel that Bobbit worms are good residents to have in a tank. That they're excellent and clearing leftover and the gunk on the substrate but this one is huge. It's as thick as a wooden pencil and I must get it evicted. It lives over here, very close to where the hermits gather and sleep. I call it the cave of Doom. I've heard of setting a bottle trap with some prawn meat just near the location where it lives. My question is, how effective is it? Wouldn't it just grab the food and retreat back to the cave? How do I ensure that it goes all the way into the bottle and drops in? Any help and all alternative extraction methods are most welcome. Please... for the love of invertebrates. I only thought people were keeping them in a species tank. In your invert tank it would grow incredibly because you stocked it with so much food for it. These things can get up to 25 feet in the wild and i remember reading a story of someone pulling one close to that out of a larger tank. The messed up thing was 25 feet of it could coil up into a 6" area......... I would get it out if you want to keep crabs and snails, if i can remember some had luck with a piece of fishing line and a small hook and some bait. Careful to not rip it in half, if you do get atleast one piece, or there will be two. Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 so much for "sharing the love for invertebrates" Link to comment
TFMANIAC Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 I get what you mean man but I don't have any evil intentions for this evil worm... but there are going to be some smaller inverts coming in soon... so this invert... is going into the sump or any reefer who wants it. hmmm the fishing hook idea seems it might work... Will give it a try. Thank you scythe Link to comment
nibor Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 These things can get up to 25 feet in the wild and i remember reading a story of someone pulling one close to that out of a larger tank. This one? Link to comment
Guest TheBlueLorax Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 This one? HO Kill Him Kill Him NOW I had a Bobbit worm in my tank a once and it ate parts of my small star fish in a matter of days. I would see the star with chunks of his top bitten clean off. I have no love for these worms Link to comment
KMG Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I don't blame you for wanting to get rid of it. Those things scare me, and I like creepy-crawlies! Link to comment
chucktdbm321 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 wow is that gross i hope you kill it too haha Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 why don't you catch it and put it in your sump? Link to comment
BLoCkCliMbeR Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 this reminds me.... i got beetlejuice on dvd and havent watched it yet.... Link to comment
Oceanus Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Lfs just pulled a 3 foot long one out of their 125 coral tank. Softies were disappearing overnight. Link to comment
scythe Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 why don't you catch it and put it in your sump? Id almost bet it would find its way back This one? No, it was on michiganreefers.com search bobbit worm.... Link to comment
hurricanefan1281 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Id almost bet it would find its way back No, it was on michiganreefers.com search bobbit worm.... i was reading that post about that bobbit worm. the guy was like feeding it superglue and copper or something like that and it still wouldn't die! i didnt read all of it so i dont know what happened in the end... Link to comment
ihatesears18 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 don't be skerd! put that sucker in your sump! Link to comment
TFMANIAC Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 That's if I ever catch the creep. Into the sump he'll go... unless someone else wants him. Bottle Trap day one... caught alot of Rice Grain sized pods... saw that Devil Worm was peeking his wiskers from the hole. Wait for night 2 update. Link to comment
jeremai Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 seriously though, weetie's suggestion is the easiest method. just give the rock a FW dip, the worm will come slithering right out. Link to comment
TFMANIAC Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 yeah it is one of the base rocks... and don't want to screw up my scape just yet. I feel that if after this week, nothing gets trapped, I'm gonna dip it. just a tiny side Question, Would freshwater kill my Coraline? Link to comment
diablovt750 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I had one of those in my 24g nanocube and it didnt bother me until it started pulling my polyps off the rocks. I tried fresh water dip, guy at the lfs told me to try club soda, I tried leaving the rock out of the water for over a week, and nothing worked. Finally I got fed up and took the rock out of the tank and with a hammer and chistlebust up the rock to make sure that I got him. He was almost 2 feet long! Good luck getting him out, it is going to be an adventure! Link to comment
Jacobnano Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 This thread needs more pictures. Link to comment
eternal Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I had one in my 28 gallon. I had to bust up the rock to get rid of it. I actually forgot about the worm and left it sitting on a paper towel in my garage for 6 hours and was still wiggling around when I came back Link to comment
nano-reefer1 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 its name bothers me couldnt they call it something else .ah i would freak out i couldnt have one in my tank id be affraid to wake up with out ma johnson ooo im gonna have nightmares tonight just thinkin about it Link to comment
softiegirl Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 these are the things i have nightmares about! better your tank than mine! *knock on wood* Link to comment
TFMANIAC Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 I saw him the other night and pinned him with a stick. it broke in half and I got the tail end out 4 inches then this morning... the head end, another 5 inches was struggling on the sand bed.. Extraction complete! they really shrink up and cover themselves with mucus when out of water. Link to comment
diablovt750 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Congrats! You are very lucky you got him out with ripping apart your tank! Link to comment
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