What do ya'll think of this? (photo intensive) (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

I was walking by my tank tonight, lights out and thought to myself, wow, my starfish has gotten big...

Wait!! there's NO WAY he's THAT BIG..

(sorry for the blurry ones, the only thing i had near was my fuji, and I was in a hurry!)

Holy !

Uhmmmmm... uhhh... yeah, well, you see.... ummmm.. anyone seen my cat? Tommy? Tommy?~~

 

[Guest]

Bristle worm

 

[Guest]

To say the least.. one that could eat CHILDREN!!!

 

[Guest]

In that bottom pic, at least 8 inches of it is hanging out.

and NO i'm not putting any male exageration on it!

 

[Guest]

AND that's not all, this thing has decided to show itself again, and allof it came out, holy crud it's huge, and I have never seen a bristle worm that big,,,, ever!

Should I be frightened? + more pics on the way

 

[Guest]

 

[jamesw]

Blee suh wum

I have a few like that in my tank. What did you name yours?

Cheers
James

 

[Guest]

LOL
I'm assuming at this point, I should not be concerned. I DID find the cat!

his name is SPIKE!!! Now for the collar!

Does he need rabies shots?

 

[Cakepro]

In that bottom pic, at least 8 inches of it is hanging out.

and NO i'm not putting any male exageration on it!

LMAO!

 

[Guest]

:bravo:

 

[Guest]

Picked up a frag today with what looks like 2 of these from City Pets.

Nice frags, thanks for the tip from whomever posted the info about 4.99 frags

Should I be worried?

 

[cparka23]

wow, that's a fat bristleworm! and blue? mine are all reddish. catch it and sell it on ebay as a rare specimen. dont forget to mention that they're all the rage in Germany.

 

[Trey]

Nice one!!! While they are certainly not the prettiest things in the tank, they work as great nutrient sinks to help keep the tank cleaned up.

Maybe you should frag him? Never mind, just wait a bit and he will frag himself.

Later,
Trey

 

[BrianPlankis]

The vast majority of bristleworms are harmless, so you can let spike roam around. That would be NASTY to get stung from though, so if you plan on moving live rock around your tank, wear thick rubber gloves to prevent accidentally grabbing spike.

B.

 

[Guest]

It seems to be a pretty irradescent... I used have pink ont that was from Galvestion, but it's spikes were less promenant.

 

[incysor]

There's a sweet pic on this page that shows the iridesence. I came across it yesterday when I was trying to help ID that weird worm/cuke.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/

 

[Guest]

I've got two like that (that I know of), but they are more of a pink color and have developed quite the taste for anemone flesh. I used to only see them at night on occasion, but one now comes out every time that I feed Formula 2 flakes.

 

[Guest]

The pics did not do this thing justice.. it WAS VERY irradescent, golds and blues... was very trippy!

I look in my tank at night ALL the time and in the last two years, have NEVER seen this thing.. it was spooky!