3 foot Euncid worm captured!

Capt_Cully · 04/06/2008, 01:09 PM

Thanks to Tim from ABC reefs for help apprehending sea serpent.

Tear down

Worm in and under rock:

3 FEET RETRACTED!

I bet stretched out it could reach 4 to 5 feet

sufunk · 04/06/2008, 01:26 PM

Dang! That thing is amazing!!!

Can that thing play football?? Sign that baby up to the Cuse!!! We can use him!

chrisqueenz · 04/06/2008, 01:29 PM

Wow! That's big

Conesus_Kid · 04/06/2008, 02:40 PM

Wow!

Do you have a positive ID on that bad boy? Is your coral munching caper solved?

BTW: The pictures make it look like it went rather smoothly. Personally, I was hoping for more shennanigans, tomfoolery and grabass.

Capt_Cully · 04/06/2008, 03:21 PM

Tim and I were quite uneasy about how everything came out of the tank. Re aquascaping was a snap. Tim said "that was so easy". Before he finished the sentence he knew we would be jinxed. Not sure what's gonna happen, but ready for anything.

The worm is headed for a giant jar of formalyn in Tim's basement. He's weird like that.

sedorusc · 04/06/2008, 03:26 PM

tim's believe it or not museum just got it's first exhibit.

tmz · 04/06/2008, 03:30 PM

What a hobby.

Capt_Cully · 04/06/2008, 03:45 PM

Sadly, Tim has quite a few pickled curiosities in his basement already. Whatever, as long as that things outta my house!

sedorusc · 04/06/2008, 03:46 PM

they must be in his "backroom"

magdelan · 04/06/2008, 03:58 PM

Like in the movie "Independance Day".

"...or as we like to call it, the freak show."

ABCReefs · 04/06/2008, 04:44 PM

Well I may be a little off but my broken footed business partner wants me to keep it alive. Thinking new mascot. Name suggestions? Maybe anyone who reaches through the liverock and doesn't get attached a la Flash Gordon, wins a prize.

Kent E · 04/06/2008, 04:47 PM

"Wormy"

Grey Reefer · 04/06/2008, 05:01 PM

"squeamish"

Congrats on getting that thing out of the tank.

jet_jer · 04/06/2008, 06:22 PM

I can't stop looking at it!!!!!

It's gross but I goota look

jer

sedorusc · 04/06/2008, 07:37 PM

"chewie"

magdelan · 04/06/2008, 07:51 PM

"I will hug him and love him and pet him and pat him and call him George".

Gary Majchrzak · 04/06/2008, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ABCReefs
Well I may be a little off but my broken footed business partner wants me to keep it alive. Thinking new mascot. Name suggestions? Maybe anyone who reaches through the liverock and doesn't get attached a la Flash Gordon, wins a prize.

I think this is a great idea. What a good PR move!
Awesome worm. I think you can put away the surveillance camera now, Cully.

how about naming the worm "spitzer"

smm607 · 04/06/2008, 10:53 PM

Holy crap! I think i might have a nightmare involving that thing tonight

psychofishy · 04/07/2008, 05:05 AM

thats awesome... with all those horror stories going on on these forums i keep looking at my own tank, noticing tiny bristle worms, and thinking

"one day you'll be causing me so much trouble"...

My wife's pretty freaked out about those bastards too.....

PauChi · 04/07/2008, 07:12 AM

UUurrgghhh ... that's one Gross looking Worm ... I'd chop 'em into pieces with my Meat Cleaver .... Yuck!!

Paul

PoukieBear · 04/07/2008, 09:30 AM

EW ! I guess I should stop complaining about the two that are in my tank.

They are between 8 - 10 inches now.

Skier1 · 04/07/2008, 11:51 AM

OK, I'll play the noob... Why did you take this worm out of your tank? Is it just one more thing you are trying as part of your quest to figure out what's eating your corals? Or, did you actually see it eating your corals?

Articles like this one seem to indicate that (while ugly) these worms are o.k.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php

Isn't the author of this article a possible speaker at at upcoming event? Maybe it would be something to have him comment on?

LeslieH · 04/07/2008, 01:18 PM

Most likely an eunicid but I don't see a head. Are you sure you got the whole thing? Because if you didn't the anterior end will regenerate the rest of the body over time.

puter · 04/07/2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

...Isn't the author of this article a possible speaker at at upcoming event? Maybe it would be something to have him comment on?

Certainly Dr. Shimek could provide lots of interesting information about these guys, but he often passes these "worm" related questions on to Leslie... who was kind enough to stop by.

Capt, do you have any closeup pictures of the head? I'd be very interested in Leslie's thoughts on what you were/are dealing with and the likelyhood that it is your coral nipping culprit.

Mark

benzc01 · 04/07/2008, 02:51 PM

Gross Tim , I'm not even gonna show cristy , she wouldn't sleep for weeks if I did lol

04/06/2008, 01:09 PM	#1
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	3 foot Euncid worm captured! Thanks to Tim from ABC reefs for help apprehending sea serpent. Tear down Worm in and under rock: 3 FEET RETRACTED! I bet stretched out it could reach 4 to 5 feet __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

04/06/2008, 01:26 PM	#2
sufunk Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 2,004	Dang! That thing is amazing!!! Can that thing play football?? Sign that baby up to the Cuse!!! We can use him! __________________ Florida President of J.S.S.J (Jessica Simpson is a Shemale Jinx!!!) Current Tank Info: 36g reef and 180g reef, 3x250w Phoenix 14k MH's and 8x39w T-5's, 2 Tunze 6100's with 7095 controller, 2 Koralia 3's, ASM-G3 skimmer, mag-12 return, eco systems sump/fuge

04/06/2008, 02:40 PM	#4
Conesus_Kid Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Conesus, NY Posts: 3,897	Wow! Do you have a positive ID on that bad boy? Is your coral munching caper solved? BTW: The pictures make it look like it went rather smoothly. Personally, I was hoping for more shennanigans, tomfoolery and grabass. __________________ Scott Friends don't give friends Kenya tree...

04/06/2008, 03:21 PM	#5
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	Tim and I were quite uneasy about how everything came out of the tank. Re aquascaping was a snap. Tim said "that was so easy". Before he finished the sentence he knew we would be jinxed. Not sure what's gonna happen, but ready for anything. The worm is headed for a giant jar of formalyn in Tim's basement. He's weird like that. __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

04/06/2008, 03:26 PM	#6
sedorusc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: auburn, NY Posts: 1,710	tim's believe it or not museum just got it's first exhibit. __________________ I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac70 fuge with nano-glo, 6 rb & 6 cw cree leds, 2x koralia nano

04/06/2008, 01:29 PM	#3
chrisqueenz Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester New York, USA Posts: 2,042	Wow! That's big

04/06/2008, 03:30 PM	#7
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	What a hobby. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.

04/06/2008, 03:45 PM	#8
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	Sadly, Tim has quite a few pickled curiosities in his basement already. Whatever, as long as that things outta my house! __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

04/06/2008, 03:46 PM	#9
sedorusc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: auburn, NY Posts: 1,710	they must be in his "backroom" __________________ I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac70 fuge with nano-glo, 6 rb & 6 cw cree leds, 2x koralia nano

04/06/2008, 03:58 PM	#10
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,785	Like in the movie "Independance Day". "...or as we like to call it, the freak show." __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

04/06/2008, 04:44 PM	#11
ABCReefs Moved On Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jamesville Posts: 52	It's Alive!!! Well I may be a little off but my broken footed business partner wants me to keep it alive. Thinking new mascot. Name suggestions? Maybe anyone who reaches through the liverock and doesn't get attached a la Flash Gordon, wins a prize.

04/06/2008, 04:47 PM	#12
Kent E One Millionth Poster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Asheboro NC Posts: 4,273	"Wormy" __________________ 1000 gallon Current Tank Info: Dreaming up a new one

04/06/2008, 05:01 PM	#13
Grey Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 197	"squeamish" Congrats on getting that thing out of the tank.

04/06/2008, 06:22 PM	#14
jet_jer Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Eden, NY Posts: 577	I can't stop looking at it!!!!! It's gross but I goota look jer

04/06/2008, 07:37 PM	#15
sedorusc Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: auburn, NY Posts: 1,710	"chewie" __________________ I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac70 fuge with nano-glo, 6 rb & 6 cw cree leds, 2x koralia nano

04/06/2008, 07:51 PM	#16
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,785	"I will hug him and love him and pet him and pat him and call him George". __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

04/06/2008, 10:53 PM	#18
smm607 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Buffalo Posts: 399	Holy crap! I think i might have a nightmare involving that thing tonight

04/07/2008, 05:05 AM	#19
psychofishy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rindge, NH Posts: 1,041	thats awesome... with all those horror stories going on on these forums i keep looking at my own tank, noticing tiny bristle worms, and thinking "one day you'll be causing me so much trouble"... My wife's pretty freaked out about those bastards too.....

04/07/2008, 07:12 AM	#20
PauChi Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 488	UUurrgghhh ... that's one Gross looking Worm ... I'd chop 'em into pieces with my Meat Cleaver .... Yuck!! Paul

04/07/2008, 09:30 AM	#21
PoukieBear Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 2,067	EW ! I guess I should stop complaining about the two that are in my tank. They are between 8 - 10 inches now. __________________ Michelle ~Poukie, I'm proud of you for throwing up that cake. ~~Mikey~~ ~You're not drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on. ~Save the earth, there are no princesses on Mars.

04/07/2008, 11:51 AM	#22
Skier1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 112	OK, I'll play the noob... Why did you take this worm out of your tank? Is it just one more thing you are trying as part of your quest to figure out what's eating your corals? Or, did you actually see it eating your corals? Articles like this one seem to indicate that (while ugly) these worms are o.k. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php Isn't the author of this article a possible speaker at at upcoming event? Maybe it would be something to have him comment on?

04/07/2008, 01:18 PM	#23
LeslieH Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,178	Most likely an eunicid but I don't see a head. Are you sure you got the whole thing? Because if you didn't the anterior end will regenerate the rest of the body over time. __________________ Cheers, Leslie So many worms, so little time... Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

04/07/2008, 02:51 PM	#25
benzc01 Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: upstate New York Posts: 219	Gross Tim , I'm not even gonna show cristy , she wouldn't sleep for weeks if I did lol