The nightmare of a Bobbit worm

[lbacha]

Nightmare finally over

Congrats that thing is a beast

 

[TUSI]

Congrats that thing is a beast

30” long unbelievable that it was in my tank and never noticed

 

[Conor_K]

How did you get it out??

 

[TUSI]

Had to p

How did you get it out??

had to pull the rock he was hiding in. He broke in half as soon as he tried to get out. They break on their own almost to escape. A nightmare

 

[Daniel Thompson]

I'm in search of one. If you get it out looking to sell it?

 

[Indiana Reefin]

Dude this is crazy!!! I’m sorry you had to deal with that little devil!! That is truly terrifying for a fish. I couldn’t believe that thing was 30” long!

 

[Javier Leon]

Did you got the other half out of the tank, because they will regrow back as normal.
I notice the other day that I have one on a rock on the left side of the tank is about 3-6 inches for what I can see that he pull the body out of the rock so not sure the actual size but soon when I relocate my tank to the final location I will remove that rock entirely out of the tank

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm in search of one. If you get it out looking to sell it?

 

[TUSI]

I'm in search of one. If you get it out looking to sell it?

I got it out but Unfortunately no one wanted it so he is a goner

 

[TUSI]

Dude this is crazy!!! I’m sorry you had to deal with that little devil!! That is truly terrifying for a fish. I couldn’t believe that thing was 30” long!

He costed me a lot of fish. But I am relieved and wanting to add more fish now. I had given up on certain fish that Nuevo know he was getting

 

[TUSI]

Did you got the other half out of the tank, because they will regrow back as normal.
I notice the other day that I have one on a rock on the left side of the tank is about 3-6 inches for what I can see that he pull the body out of the rock so not sure the actual size but soon when I relocate my tank to the final location I will remove that rock entirely out of the tank

If he pulled the entire body out of the hole he might be a big bristle worm. Hobbits don’t go out completely from my experience. I got him out completely in a big rock. He broke on his own coming out of the rock try to escape.

 

[TUSI]

Lol

 

[EddieJ]

Oh snap ! I have one of these in my tank ... Hasn’t touched any fish yet , but needs to go. Wife noticed it and when she saw that video she was like that’s it to the tee.

 

[TUSI]

Oh snap ! I have one of these in my tank ... Hasn’t touched any fish yet , but needs to go. Wife noticed it and when she saw that video she was like that’s it to the tee.

If you are sure take it out before it goes after everything that moves. I only saw mine out at night and never completely out

 

[O'l Salty]

I have a pair of forceps that are about 12" long. Could you grab him at night with something like that? You could preposition it over his hole so when he comes out at night you could quickly grab him.

 

[TUSI]

I have a pair of forceps that are about 12" long. Could you grab him at night with something like that? You could preposition it over his hole so when he comes out at night you could quickly grab him.

If he breaks then you will have a bigger prob. They break easily sometimes on their own to escape. So I would be careful since they attach with thier tale.

 

[marlinmon]

Similar to what Stevie posted. Saw this video a while back. Need some way to clamp the worms head without breaking it, then a float or elastic to gently pull the worm out over time. Maybe attach the trap to a line and weight that's hanging over the tank and let gravity do the work.

o m g

 

[Daniel Thompson]

Oh snap ! I have one of these in my tank ... Hasn’t touched any fish yet , but needs to go. Wife noticed it and when she saw that video she was like that’s it to the tee.

are you looking to sell it?

 

[EddieJ]

When we pinpoint which rock it’s in .. and remove it .. and see what it’s all about

 

[EddieJ]

When we pinpoint which rock it’s in .. and remove it .. and see what it’s all about .