Oct 16, 2018 #1 I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Found this guy floating after turning lights off. Should I be concerned? Thanks.
Oct 17, 2018 #2 Mickle Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 29, 2018 Messages 164 Reaction score 201 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 icejam said: Found this guy floating after turning lights off. Should I be concerned? Thanks. Click to expand... Touch it and see if u get stung lol. Ill research some more! Edit: How big is it?
icejam said: Found this guy floating after turning lights off. Should I be concerned? Thanks. Click to expand... Touch it and see if u get stung lol. Ill research some more! Edit: How big is it?
Oct 17, 2018 #3 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down.
It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down.
Oct 17, 2018 #4 wesman42 Valuable Member View Badges My Tank Thread Joined Apr 20, 2018 Messages 1,214 Reaction score 1,464 Location Allendale Rating - 0% 0 0 0 icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand... I'd almost be tempted to culture it and see! It is smaller than any baby bristle I have ever seen! That's why this is so fascinating!
icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand... I'd almost be tempted to culture it and see! It is smaller than any baby bristle I have ever seen! That's why this is so fascinating!
Oct 17, 2018 #5 Mickle Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 29, 2018 Messages 164 Reaction score 201 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 It looks like a larval stage. Maybe keep it in a cup and see if anything happens. The closest ive gotten to it is a sand fly larvae but it doesnt have antennae. Ill continue research icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand...
It looks like a larval stage. Maybe keep it in a cup and see if anything happens. The closest ive gotten to it is a sand fly larvae but it doesnt have antennae. Ill continue research icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand...
Oct 17, 2018 #6 Mickle Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 29, 2018 Messages 164 Reaction score 201 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Maybe this??( Polydora ciliata )The front of it is so strange I can't find anything like it. icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand... Edit: Can you see if it has Mandables or legs?
Maybe this??( Polydora ciliata )The front of it is so strange I can't find anything like it. icejam said: It was about 0.1-0.2in. Looked like it had 4 'eyes' - red dots on front part. Moved by wriggling its tail up and down. Click to expand... Edit: Can you see if it has Mandables or legs?
Oct 17, 2018 #7 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 That's not it. It had 10-15 rows of legs and was pinkish in color.
Oct 17, 2018 #8 Mickle Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 29, 2018 Messages 164 Reaction score 201 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 This? icejam said: That's not it. It had 10-15 rows of legs and was pinkish in color. Click to expand...
This? icejam said: That's not it. It had 10-15 rows of legs and was pinkish in color. Click to expand...
Oct 17, 2018 #9 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Honestly don't know. The pictures I posted were the best I could get.
Oct 17, 2018 #10 KJ Lone Wolf View Badges Reef Squad Leader Excellence Award ETRC Member Hospitality Award Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 22,318 Reaction score 113,205 Location Tennessee Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Epitoke baby worms. It is too early to tell what species it is.
Oct 17, 2018 #11 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 - duplicate post -
Oct 17, 2018 #12 KJ Lone Wolf View Badges Reef Squad Leader Excellence Award ETRC Member Hospitality Award Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 22,318 Reaction score 113,205 Location Tennessee Rating - 0% 0 0 0 icejam said: - duplicate post - Click to expand...
Oct 17, 2018 #13 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 KJ said: Epitoke baby worms. It is too early to tell what species it is. Click to expand... So I have nothing to worry about I'm guessing?
KJ said: Epitoke baby worms. It is too early to tell what species it is. Click to expand... So I have nothing to worry about I'm guessing?
Oct 17, 2018 #14 KJ Lone Wolf View Badges Reef Squad Leader Excellence Award ETRC Member Hospitality Award Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 22,318 Reaction score 113,205 Location Tennessee Rating - 0% 0 0 0 icejam said: So I have nothing to worry about I'm guessing? Click to expand... Not yet
Oct 17, 2018 #15 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I haven't had any parasites yet... Recently added a pistol shrimp that makes an awful mess in the sand so I'm hoping is just a bristleworm
I haven't had any parasites yet... Recently added a pistol shrimp that makes an awful mess in the sand so I'm hoping is just a bristleworm
Oct 21, 2018 #16 OP OP I icejam Active Member View Badges Joined Aug 8, 2018 Messages 243 Reaction score 225 Location Calgary, AB Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Found an adult one!
Aug 9, 2021 #17 C CoralPolyp1 New Member View Badges Joined Aug 9, 2021 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Location Rhode Island Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Hello we have this in our tank in the lab, can anyone confirm the species and if it is harmful?
Aug 9, 2021 #18 Roca1357 Community Member View Badges Joined Mar 30, 2016 Messages 28 Reaction score 15 Location North Jersey Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Pretty sure I've seen these fall off during dips.
