you like monsters ?

[Beam]

you like monsters .. I have this one in my 50 gals tank, it is about 1/8 of an inch wide, by .... very long. I know that bristleworms are usually '''good guys'' but at this size, should I try to get him out of the tank or if I let him live his life?

 

[dbowman5]

awesome! what are you feeding that guy? is it bothering anything? mine don't look that big even under the magnifying glass. I think they are a problem only if you think they are, but someone will give you a definitive answer. nice video too!

 

[TriggerFinger]

That would be a nope for me. I keep the small ones but nothing like that. Trap it

 

[Beam]

awesome! what are you feeding that guy? is it bothering anything? mine don't look that big even under the magnifying glass. I think they are a problem only if you think they are, but someone will give you a definitive answer. nice video too!

I feed it with one chicken a day

no jokes, I have a 17 year old reef, so he had all the time in the world to grow up, and as I'm not the one who '' overfeed '' he must be happy with leftovers

 

[35ppt]

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[Beam]

Eurythoe complanata. These are basically the same as common bristleworm but can get larger. Technically a fireworm but not one that eats coral.

thanks for the real name, it's always interesting to know who we're dealing with. and no doubts about not eating the corals, I have never noticed anything wrong with my corals, everything is A1 on this side.

what surprises me the most is that I often look at my tank in the evening, and I never saw this guy before 2-3 weeks ago. ??

 

[DrDeGuzman]

If it’s 17 years old, let him live his life, that’s an achievement

 

[Beam]

after doing some reading, i decided to try to remove it because it seems to be what's recommend when bristleworms reach this size.

so I built a trap with a bottle of coke, I cut the neck and put it in the bottle to make the trap. and I waited, and waited and waited, and finally it came out of its hole, at 1 o'clock in the morning, (i am working this morning....;Yawn) it took a while for him to find the entrance but he figure it out after a moment.

I was so surprised by its size, the bottle measures 5 inches, plus another 4in that ran along the rock. It means that this thing measured at leasts 10 inches probably more. As it did not fit fully into the bottle, the trap did not work as supposed.

I decided to take a long pliers and try to catch it, it worked, but partially. he cut in half. I think I have removed about a third of the monster. (see the photo) the other part contracted in the rock.
Does anyone know if the part that returned to the rock could heal and come back? or if it contracted because of the nerves and it died?

 

[TriggerFinger]

I can’t see the video! Oh no, I was really interested to see this thing. But to answer your question, I do believe they will regenerate from a fragment if it’s decent size.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Can you turn the tub it’s in and get a picture of it not in the shadow?

 

[Beam]

i re-post the video on a different format, maybe it will be ok ?
oh no don't tell me it will come back !!!!

 

[Beam]

Can you turn the tub it’s in and get a picture of it not in the shadow?

it is the only picture i have sorry !

 

[Mike N]

 

[Beam]

that is a big one too, is this in your tank ?

 

[Mike N]

that is a big one too, is this in your tank ?

This is my tank from like 3 years ago. I got wet live rock from ARC reef, and two of these monsters came with it. This was the smaller of the two, believe it or not. The one pictured here was easily over a foot long.

 

[Beam]

This is my tank from like 3 years ago. I got wet live rock from ARC reef, and two of these monsters came with it. This was the smaller of the two, believe it or not. The one pictured here was easily over a foot long.

I believe you without a doubt, because I suspect that the one I tried to catch yesterday is also almost 1 foot long to

 

[Cstar_BC]

Just had a similar thing creep out of a rock I was using to set up a larger tank - it was in my 60 - easily over 6” long and about 1/2” wide . I used tongs and (disgustingly) twirled it out like pasta

took a look at my 60 and there are millions of babies - all over the glass, along the silicone , think I might have a problem

 

[Beam]

Just had a similar thing creep out of a rock I was using to set up a larger tank - it was in my 60 - easily over 6” long and about 1/2” wide . I used tongs and (disgustingly) twirled it out like pasta

took a look at my 60 and there are millions of babies - all over the glass, along the silicone , think I might have a problem

is this bristle worms or flat worms maybe ?

 

[Cstar_BC]

is this bristle worms or flat worms maybe ?

This was definitely a bristle worm cause it got really ticked when I clamped on it and all the bristles flared out .

 

[Beam]

This was definitely a bristle worm cause it got really ****** when I clamped on it and all the bristles flared out .

for the ''pasta'' one, no doubt that was a bristleworm, when I said flat worms, i was referring to the babies you were talking about