Bobbit worm removal?

[CK00020]

What should I use as bait in the bottle trap

 

[DungSl1nger]

No it’s not a bristle, thanks for the tips. I positioned the rock so I can get at the worm easier and have the tongs ready in case I see it

Hopefully it will go in to the bottle fully. I couldn’t pull the worm out of the rock and I didn’t want to rip it. Good luck.

 

[CK00020]

No Wisconsin

 

[DungSl1nger]

What should I use as bait in the bottle trap

I used some carnivore frozen.

 

[zalick]

Bobbitt worm scary!

 

[DungSl1nger]

Bobbitt worm scary!

There is a wrasse in that picture.

 

[zalick]

There is a wrasse in that picture.

Ugh sorry. Someone the other day said they can bite you too....

I'd throw that rock in a vat of acid if it got my wrasse.

 

[DungSl1nger]

Ugh sorry. Someone the other day said they can bite you too....

I'd throw that rock in a vat of acid if it got my wrasse.

That was the other big one I couldn’t get of the rock. The rock is sitting in an empty bucket. I will cure it next month.

If the poster above was correct on the species this is the Info on the worm. I think it came in on my KP rock too.

Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm

Eurythoe complanatais commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

www.reeflex.net

 

[LegendaryCG]

Bobbit worms are like having a freaking monster lurking in your tank. no ty.

Can you move the rock it's in to a different tank so its isolated from your reef?

 

[king aiptasia]

There is a wrasse in that picture.

this is not a eunicidae at all, your wrasse was dead or dying before the worm took it

 

[king aiptasia]

That was the other big one I couldn’t get of the rock. The rock is sitting in an empty bucket. I will cure it next month.

If the poster above was correct on the species this is the Info on the worm. I think it came in on my KP rock too.

Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm

Eurythoe complanatais commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

www.reeflex.net

Eurythoe is an extremely beneficial worm to have around, its an exclusive scavenger

 

[CK00020]

It’s a small worm, but it’s on the biggest chunk of rock that I have

 

[DungSl1nger]

Eurythoe is an extremely beneficial worm to have around, its an exclusive scavenger

Did you read the link I posted? That doesn’t read like a scavenger.

Over the past 2 months since I seen these worms I have lost 3 fish and 5 zoas in the general area of that worm. I don’t believe at all those fish or zoa’s were dying. That wrasse slept on shelf where it was being eaten every night. We will have to agree to disagree on this.

Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm

Eurythoe complanatais commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

www.reeflex.net

 

[king aiptasia]

Did you read the link I posted? That doesn’t read like a scavenger.

Over the past 2 months since I seen these worms I have lost 3 fish and 5 zoas in the general area of that worm. I don’t believe at all those fish or zoa’s were dying. That wrasse slept on shelf where it was being eaten every night. We will have to agree to disagree on this.

Eurythoe complanata Common fire worm

Eurythoe complanatais commonly referred to as Common fire worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

www.reeflex.net

Eurythoe is one of the, if not the most commonly reported polychaetes in the hobby, if they were such adept hunters they'd have developed that reputation much sooner. if you want further evidence dissect one of the dead worms and you'll notice no biting jaws or notable teeth. Predatory, polychaetes like Glycera and Eunice are unmistakably active predators that can subdue even proportionally large prey items

 

[DungSl1nger]

Eurythoe is one of the, if not the most commonly reported polychaetes in the hobby, if they were such adept hunters they'd have developed that reputation much sooner. if you want further evidence dissect one of the dead worms and you'll notice no biting jaws or notable teeth. Predatory, polychaetes like Glycera and Eunice are unmistakably active predators that can subdue even proportionally large prey items

It’s gone now so dissecting it is moot. Here is another one of these threads on R2R

Bristleworm + other worm?

Just pulled these guys outta the live rock i just received from KP Aquatics (who do a KILLER job btw) before i put it in my new tank - hoping the big guy is just a bristleworm (and not fireworm), but not sure what the other one is. Anyone know what they are, and if ok to go ahead and put in my...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[king aiptasia]

It’s gone now so dissecting it is moot. Here is another one of these threads on R2R

Bristleworm + other worm?

Just pulled these guys outta the live rock i just received from KP Aquatics (who do a KILLER job btw) before i put it in my new tank - hoping the big guy is just a bristleworm (and not fireworm), but not sure what the other one is. Anyone know what they are, and if ok to go ahead and put in my...

www.reef2reef.com

you can always identify a Eunicidae by the presence of 5 head appendages/antenna

fireworm vs bristleworm for the most part are not proper terms and mean nothing outside of the forums. as an exercise of my point tell me what genus is a bristle worm? as for fireworm a bearded fireworm is Hermodice carunculata, an animal very rarely encountered in aquarius

 

[CK00020]

The worm I am hunting has the five head appendages

 

[DungSl1nger]

According to Dr. Paddy Ryan this worm falls under Fire worm and that’s enough for me.

At this point doesn’t matter, I pulled them out.

 

[zalick]

The worm I am hunting has the five head appendages

Can you get the rock out to a separate bucket with a heater?

 

[king aiptasia]

According to Dr. Paddy Ryan this worm falls under Fire worm and that’s enough for me.

At this point doesn’t matter, I pulled them out.

where's the best way to contact this man?