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I have a BioCube 29. Bought it already set up. Several months into having it, I happened to see something dart under a rock. It was a huge bristle worm. I have made a few unsuccessful attempts to catch it.
My clownfish laid eggs a few days ago. The clownfish has bristles all over their faces from fighting it and most of their eggs came up missing last night :0(
That was the last straw. I happened to see it out tonight (only comes a few inches out of the rock, never all the way). I was able to grab it with a pair of hemostats. It literally pulled my hand into the rock as it retreated into it. I held tight and in the process the head (?) came off. So the rest of the worm is in the rock. i would have preferred to take it alive, but I had to stop its destruction :0(
Will this spike my ammonia? It really is huge and would be equal to a dead fish in size.
My second question, can anyone tell if this is the bristle worms head for sure? Do they ever just stick their tails out of the rocks?
I have a BioCube 29. Bought it already set up. Several months into having it, I happened to see something dart under a rock. It was a huge bristle worm. I have made a few unsuccessful attempts to catch it.
My clownfish laid eggs a few days ago. The clownfish has bristles all over their faces from fighting it and most of their eggs came up missing last night :0(
That was the last straw. I happened to see it out tonight (only comes a few inches out of the rock, never all the way). I was able to grab it with a pair of hemostats. It literally pulled my hand into the rock as it retreated into it. I held tight and in the process the head (?) came off. So the rest of the worm is in the rock. i would have preferred to take it alive, but I had to stop its destruction :0(
Will this spike my ammonia? It really is huge and would be equal to a dead fish in size.
My second question, can anyone tell if this is the bristle worms head for sure? Do they ever just stick their tails out of the rocks?
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