Eunice worm trap

[Red Leader]

Hi all,

Anyone have any experience in trapping a small Eunice worm? The trap plans online for a tube and fishing line won't work since the worm is tiny right now. Think half the thickness of a BIC pen refill. I tried a trap for planarians but the tube was too big for its head to fit through.

Yes, I'm sure it's a Eunice. I count 5 antennae, it has a white band behind its head, and I saw the closed up mandibles which it uses as a scraper to scrape algae from the aquarium walls.

Here's a video of it going into the planaria trap but retracting since the tube at the end is too small for its head.

 

[Jonify]

Here's how you trap it: 1) find some gasoline 2) spread it all around the tank, in the tank, and around your house 3) set it all on fire and apply for asylum to Canada.

 

[Red Leader]

bump. Anyone?

 

[IKD]

Have you tried the standard bristle worm DIY trap? Take a plastic bottle with straws inserted so they crawl through the straws but can’t climb back out.

 

[Red Leader]

Have you tried the standard bristle worm DIY trap?

That's smart! Ok. Thanks. I'll try that.

 

[IKD]

Any luck?!

 

[Red Leader]

Got one! One to go.

Squirted Aiptasia and Majano remover into his hole and he flew out. Took some forceps and grabbed him. He broke off his tail to distract me. Got both him and his tail. Now to grab the other one.

 

[NISMO703]

Nice, was the bottle trap unsuccessful?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Youre on it. A piece of food always attracts it

 

[Red Leader]

Nope. Trap didnt work. Just had to be patient.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Got one! One to go.

Squirted Aiptasia and Majano remover into his hole and he flew out. Took some forceps and grabbed him. He broke off his tail to distract me. Got both him and his tail. Now to grab the other one.

Lol fire in the hole!

 

[LOVEROCK]

There was a trap made with pvc and some fishing line and some sick to enclosed the worm so it can’t escape just saw it yesterday if someone can find the thread and post here

 

[LOVEROCK]

Ops just read your post

 

[Red Leader]

Ops just read your post

Yup. Too small.

 

[LOVEROCK]

Yup. Too small.

If I were you I start taking rocks out to unselect found a small one that way

 

[Regular_Reefer]

I have to ask, what is a Eunice worm and is it bad ? I’m assuming so if your working this hard to get them out. I’m very new to the hobby so I apologize for the ignorance

Edit* my god, I just googled it...nightmarish. Someone posted on Reddit you rarely see them and they can get several feet long before discovery in a reef tank. Please tell me this isn’t true( now I’m seriously rethinking not having a lid on my tank)

 

[ajm83]

Keep your eye on the tank. I thought I had one, took the rock out and dumped it into a bucket of RO and over about 30 minutes, 5 came crawling out.

 

[Regular_Reefer]

How on earth do these end up in a tank? Live rock Hitchhiker??

 

[Red Leader]

Please tell me this isn’t true( now I’m seriously rethinking not having a lid on my tank)

It's true.

over about 30 minutes, 5 came crawling out.

I know I have another one for sure.

Live rock Hitchhiker??

Yep.

 

[Regular_Reefer]

Yikes, thanks for answering