AAHHHAA I got him

[Auryn]

for anyone who read my eunicid worm id thread.

I finally got the little sucker out of there

 

the other day i was just doing a basic water change

caught this little sucker chewing on some corraline algea- which explains why corraline would never grow on or around that rock

a little later it lunged out of its hole to try and take a swipe at my hand

so i tried sucking it out of its hole with my airline tubing

suction wasnt enough but he was peeved enough to come out and attack the tubing

 

the mandibles on that things were massive scary- they streched out like the jaws of a snake

and it bit on the tubing hard enough that I could feel it 8 inches up

and when i tried to pull back i couldnt get it to let go- it was that strong that i had to yank it out

 

spent an hour getting aggravated and aggravating the worm trying to get it out

finally i gave up

pulled the rock out of the tank

got a syringe full of seltzer water

squirted it right into its hole

and out it came flying the other hand- i squirmed and jumped- didnt drop the rock

 

put the rock back in- the clam was irate to say the least

but i got him out

 

he measured at just above 4 inches

it survived almost 30hrs in freshwater and i think it only died cause the water evaporated when the temp got to 95o in the afternoon the next day

 

that was it

just wanted to share

 

[Daemonfly]

Nice. I spotted a 1" one in my 2.5g that I'm gonna have to remove. Thanks for reminding me

[tinyreef]

it's smaller than i was expecting.

 

 

then again, i would've probably dropped the rock and screamed like a little girl. but that's just me.