Nate17 Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Spotted this in my tank today (born August 21st) and got a couple pictures. Skinny at the head and LARGE at the back haha it's just cool to see some life in my tank
Deleted User 3 Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Probably large at the back because it's scrunched up. It'll probably be elongated if you see it at night crawlin around the sand bed.
Nate17 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Posted September 11, 2012 Well I watched it crawl back into its hole and it's back remained very big and was almost like a ball
DaJMasta Posted September 11, 2012 Posted September 11, 2012 The problem is that they don't really get 'pregnant'. When their eggs are mature they release (or become) an epitoke, which is basically an extra section of the worm's body without many of the normal organs which will wriggle away full of eggs to burst and release them elsewhere. So a fat looking worm is rarely one which is about to reproduce,it's probably just scrunched up, recently ate something large (but given their diet, this is unusual), or you only think it looks larger than it should.
Nate17 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Posted September 11, 2012 Interesting...well who knows because I watched crawl for at least 2 inches and it's back stayed in this ball looking form. Would it keep it's back scrunched up like that while crawling? Maybe it just forged itself on food. It's a mystery Haha
fretfreak13 Posted September 11, 2012 Posted September 11, 2012 That, or could even be some kind of birth defect. *shrug*
Nate17 Posted September 12, 2012 Author Posted September 12, 2012 Yea who knows haha it can just be the fat Albert of bristleworms
jedimasterben Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Yea who knows haha it can just be the fat Albert of bristleworms :lol:
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