Giant worm! What is this?

[UCF Alum]

This guy was swimming all over the tank freaking the fish out! All my live rock is manufactured so I can rule out pests from the ocean. What is this!? Most definitely not a bristle worm...

 

[KirstenB]

Good question.... odd. Following.

 

[UCF Alum]

I have a video of it. Almost snake like in the water. R2R won’t let me upload iPhone video...

 

[hdsoftail1065]

I have a video of it. Almost snake like in the water. R2R won’t let me upload iPhone video...

Try Uploading your video to YouTube then post it. :)

 

[UCF Alum]

Link!

 

[eggplantparrot]

Link!

oh my god is right... freaky deaky

 

[Dsnakes]

Ribbon worm maybe? Just my shot in the dark. Crazy for sure.

 

[UCF Alum]

My wife started screaming when she saw this and my Naso tang, fox face and rest of the crew freaked out. I did too, not gonna lie.

Where did this come from??

 

[Dsnakes]

When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

 

[eggplantparrot]

When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

I'm guessing sitting in a huge bin of saltwater with lots of other rock as I doubt that thing came outta a fish! yeesh tonight is a nightmare night I guess. thanks @UCF Alum :mad:

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Wow! That’s crazy. It almost looks like an earth worm. Definitely going to follow this.

 

[ScottR]

Peanut worm, perhaps?

 

[tautog83]

Hopefully by now dead worm lol. Get it outttt

 

[UCF Alum]

When you say your live rock was manufactured... Did you buy it dry or buy it from a wet tank as live rock?

My rock is 2 years old. Rock from CaribSea. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I get in the tank often at night with a flashlight. Whatever this thing was did not retreat for cover in the rocks when I went after it. I scooped it out with a net and flushed it. Could one of my fish have coughed this thing up?

 

[Dsnakes]

My rock is 2 years old. Rock from CaribSea. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I get in the tank often at night with a flashlight. Whatever this thing was did not retreat for cover in the rocks when I went after it. I scooped it out with a net and flushed it. Could one of my fish have coughed this thing up?

Should’ve kept it in a cup for us to check out closer! We may never know :rolleyes:

 

[UCF Alum]

I'm guessing sitting in a huge bin of saltwater with lots of other rock as I doubt that thing came outta a fish! yeesh tonight is a nightmare night I guess. thanks @UCF Alum :mad:

Correct. Was in a bin of saltwater 2 years ago. This “thing” had no intention of seeking cover when I tried to get it. You know, like a bristle worm would.

I’m still creeped out. I hate snake like creatures. This thing came straight from the devil himself.

 

[BeardedMcG]

I know what that is... a nightmare ;Walkingdead. For real though that is freaky.

 

[BadFish619]

Someone is messing with you. Have you had company? That's not natural lol

 

[UCF Alum]

Someone is messing with you. Have you had company? That's not natural lol

No lol.
I’m sitting here staring at the tank thinking of any and all possibilities of where that thing could’ve come from and can’t think of one.

 

[ScottR]

If it is a peanut worm - obviously it’s some type of worm - it could have been brought in as a microscopic egg of larva on anything that came from another aquarium. Fish, coral, etc. In fact, it’s possible you may have more.