muji Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hi i have about two-three of these thin worms, maybe about as thin as a toothpick and maybe 2 inches long with black and white stripes. I was reading on wetwebmedia and one of their worm id faqs say it's probably a peanut worm but I'm not too sure. Anyone have a clue? Because if they are, then I sometimes see black / white striped things on my rocks during the daytime with the lights on and I've always thought they were my blenny's poop. thanks in advance. Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Could be, or maybe a terebellid (spaghetti) worm. I just found one in the display that had hundreds of black and white banded tendrils. Crazy fella. A PHOTO would help a lot. Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 are they side by side? are they fully exposed or do they always seem to be extending from a cave or something? Link to comment
muji Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Actually they [the black/whitestripes] crawl around my flowerpot a lot at night. I also have one white worm that extends from a little hole under my ricordea mushrooms at night. It goes back into its hole when i use the flashlight on it. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 maybe a peanut worm. try to get one out and see if it shrinks up. also do a search on them Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Crappy photo of one, from the ID page... http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_p...sipunculid.html Link to comment
muji Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 caesar thanks for that page. the pictures were pretty good. I've actually done some research on peanut worms before and the worms I have are definitely not it. Today I saw a round thing sitting on my rock which sorta looked like a peanut worm with the exception that it did not move when I poked at it. Instead it crumbled up into ash so I'll just have to conclude that the round thing was my scooter blenny's poop. I DID however manage to extract a worm that was moving around my flower pot when the lights were off. After a very long struggle, i got it out and into the sink. Upon examination it appeared mostly white with greyish stripes AND... GREEN bristles! They were very fine and almost unnoticeable. Maybe one or two bristles on each side on each segmentation. Anyone know what this worm could've been? Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Does it look like this? http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WormPIX/Polycha...worm_id_wwm.jpg. Full description listed about 30% down this page http://www.wetwebmedia.com/wormidfaq3.htm I just happened to find two of these in my 5.5g tank just last night. Never seen them in there up to this point. Proboscis had to be about 3-4". Link to comment
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