I am trying to find out what this salt water aquarium thing is. I have them in my tank. The worm has a head like a sea apple, the body is slimmer than a pencil and is redish-brown and transparent offset coloration. It uses the tentecles (like on an anemone or sea apple) to crawl around the leaves and rest of the tank. When it is scared it will pull back, like a feather duster, but w/o a tube to go into. I can take pics and send if it will help. I dont think they are harmfull to the tank. Please let me know if you know what it is. I haven't seen them anywhere in the inverts section of any Website. I have some regular clear ones as well. I think they came in on the live rock and took a while 'til I could see them or something. I don't know how else they could have gotten there.
2007-03-11 13:18:36 · 5 answers · asked by Hot_Amigo 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I can send pics. but I will need an email or something to send them to. Let me know where you want them Thanx!
2007-03-11 13:45:13 · update #1
Could be a bristle worm or a fire worm. Either way, don't touch it or you will be in a world of hurt.
Email Fishqueen_2000@yahoo.com.
Here is a picture:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/invertpicsindex/l/blii_hautfirewo.htm
Also here a a dozen more types:
saltaquarium.about.com/od/marinewormphotos/Marine_Worm_Photos
2007-03-12 03:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are in lots of cases danger unfastened and positively would properly be useful via ingesting leftover ingredients. There are shrimp and such which will help shop populations below administration, like a coral banded shrimp. Traps can artwork to boot in case you start to have an overpopulation. often they do no longer overpopulate except you're overfeeding however. do certainly no longer upload chemical factors on your tank to kill something! Algaecides, pesticides, etc continuously have a risky edge effect and are risky to apply in any aquarium, surprisingly a small saltwater aquarium.
2016-11-24 21:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can send a clear pic to my email palmerlarryray@yahoo.com
I will look thru my Burgess guide and see if I can find it. I kept marine tanks for a while but from just the description I don't recall anything straight away.
P.S. I sent you a couple emails with some links that may help.
2007-03-11 13:39:50 · answer #3 · answered by larry p 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A photo would be helpful.
It might be a sea cucumber of some sort. I'll try and find a website with a photo and post it here for you to compare.
Anything like this?
http://photos.3scape.net/photo/2898/Sea_Cucumber.jpg
ADDITION:
Just saw the post about email - I though you'd post the photo here with a photo-sharing website. My email is copperhead_1959@yahoo.com.
2007-03-11 13:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not understand your question please emial me so that I can understand your question better! My e-mail address is kaj4him@yahoo.com
Thanks,
I will see if I can try to help you out... K?
2007-03-11 13:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by Katie J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋