bluebastion Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 exactly what I just said in subject.... what is this thing? The sweepers are opaque, round and smooth... don't want to touch em of course... but I did take the old margarita snail shell to look inside... I think it retreats into the shell... I'd just toss the shell except it's got some nice zoos on it. Oh well here's the pic... one sweeper can hardly be seen in the middle. Link to comment
minimalist Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I had one of these on a frag of zoos I got in the mail. I traded it to a friend. Neither he or I had any clue what the tentacles were. Mine had two tentacles. Link to comment
bluebastion Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Yeah this has two as well... thinking it's obvious that both tentacles belong to the same entity. Don't know what this is yet... they seem to be feelers though... doesn't move the shell around either...but looks like it tries to grip things then lets go... feels around etc... I try to keep it far enough away so that if they do have a stinging mechanism.. they can't touch any coral. It's almost scary... lol Link to comment
fishybusiness Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I don't think you guys have to worry. I have alot of those. I mean alot. I think there spaghetti worms. Since you just got it probably hasn't made a tube, plus I think the substrate might be to big. They use the tentacles to pull things back into the tube of sand they make. I notice that whenever I move a cerain rock it always leaves behind a few new ones that makes homes in the sand, abandoned shells, or rock itself. Link to comment
outtafocus Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Sounds like something from War of the Worlds. No not the movie , I mean the real story. BTW : Tom Cruise sucks. Link to comment
bluebastion Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 lol... thanks fishybusiness (guy? or drew?) as for Tom Cruise.. check out this link http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/tomcruis...sesquirted.html Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 They're not spaghetti worms, but another harmless worm. I can't remember the name at the moment, but just look up a worm faq. Link to comment
minimalist Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 LOL. Funny Tom Cruise video. Link to comment
janasleah Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Apparently, although he knows the history of psychiatry, Tom has no sense of humor.... Link to comment
rmhuntley Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I think what you have is probaably a vermetid gastropod http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_p...q_vermetid.html Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 That's what it was, dead-on. Thanks, rmh! Link to comment
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