sukeband Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Now i'm scraping the sides of my 30 gallon, the algae is going into the tank. After about 15 minutes after i was done scarping about 15 million bristle worms came out of the rock, the light was still on. Now i've seen bristle worms before and they were a darker color, but no 1/2 of thier bodies seem bright orange. They all gathered on 1 rock and started squirming all over themselves. What was peculier is that they were all sqirting white crap out of their orange ends clouding up the water even more. I had no idea what to do, the worms seemed to be suffering, the fish seemed a bit stressed but okay. Tons of white crap came out of the worms so i grabbed a fresh carbon and stared a water change. What in the world is happening? Link to comment
sukeband Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 Here's a visual, whats going on? Theres hundreds of them, some of the worms, are 6 inches Link to comment
Spineless Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Thats awesome. Your so lucky to see something like that. Excellent picture. This sounds like a brooding behavior for flatworms. These are not flatworms.. That white stuff could be milt, protien, poison, or substrate. Look into the reproduction methods employed by annelida. I think polychaetes fall into this catagory. Again, you are very fortunate to actually of witnesses something like this in your tank. It is rare. I would share your experience with some worm geeks on the internet. Spineless Link to comment
xcajx Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 agreed. very cool you saw it. I am guessing it was a mass spawning and the white stuff was sperm. Link to comment
mapv281 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 looks like a big orgy to me, awesome Link to comment
DRZL-sauras Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 hey put a towel over that!!! and get little billy to bedd!! sheeshhh;)..... all thats missing is the electronic porn musicB) ... Link to comment
AReeferIsExpensive Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 "It's raining algae....LETS GET IT OOOOON!" Link to comment
yOyOYoo Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Wow amazing. I think they were spawning. btw DRZL: I love your profile pic!!!! hahaha Link to comment
DRZL-sauras Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 thanks i thinks its my best side dont u agree?...lol i like your avatar megaman brings back memories of 11yr old nights spent gamin Link to comment
SoBe Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I think sukeband knew what was going on the entire time.: I mean, Bristleworms goin' wild.....Girls gone wild? What are the chances? Mike:P Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Awww man .I thought I was gonna see some action ,I mean you did say bristleworms going wild, what a tease. Link to comment
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