MushroomFreak Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I found this picture of the largest I mean thickest bristle worm I have ever seen on the local eugene salt water reef site coralboard.com. If you have seen or have any larger post them here! (rock2)(scary) (rock2)(scary) real creepy crawlers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Not quite guys. Heres one Steve pulled out of his tank. http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I let mine grow and have never gotten one that big. Just be glad you didn't have the worm that Frank has there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Frank, I just tore my tank down last week to chemicaly dip everything due to,what I thought was a nudi or bristworm problem eating my GSP and Zoas, and found the same black 18 incher you have a pic of. I guess I found my problem and was ablee to do a little rockscaping too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yep, I wish we got a pic of "newfisher"s worm!! It was a big one!! His wife called it the lochness monster!! LOL!! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bswe22 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I wish I could of seen that one!!! Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Those are some big worms. That bristle worm is by far the biggest I've seen for a bristle. That worm must have been living for a long time in the ocean before he became a hitchhiker on something and made it to a home tank. I think it would take years and years to get one that big. that's one I don't think a melanurus wrasse could take down even...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I don't know Brandon, I've seen some good sized Melanarus's here lately, Nick at RoseCity has one thats gotta be 7" long, he might give that bristleworm a go, an if he's like mine was, he'll take him a piece at a time LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 May I hope to never find such a disgusting thing in my tank(scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I don't know Brandon' date=' I've seen some good sized Melanarus's here lately, Nick at RoseCity has one thats gotta be 7" long, he might give that bristleworm a go, an if he's like mine was, he'll take him a piece at a time LOL.[/quote'] You know what that means?!?! Another round of Deathmatch 2010 Contenders The menacing Melanurus Wrasse VS Big Pappa Bristle Worm Get your bets in!!!! (laugh)(clap)(laugh)(clap)(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Not fair. Some of those worm pictures are Eunice worms, not bristle worms. Eunice worms are coral eaters, and bristle worms are detritus eaters. I don't mind bristle worms, but Eunice worms give me the creeps. I had a Eunice worm that was at least 6" long (that was just the part that was out of the rock, IDK how much was still in the rock). I watched it decimate a pink anchor hammer coral that I paid way too much for. It really made me mad. I took the whole rock and nuked it. First in hypersalinity for a day, then in hyposalinity for a day, then in alkaline (sodium carbonate) for 2 days, then in acid (muriatic acid) for 2 days. If that didn't kill it, I don't know what would. I have not seen it in the year since treating the rock. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Mine too was a Eunice worm. Kemist pulled it out of the rock when we were breaking down the tank. It was so large that I think it scared him and dropped on the sand bed. Picked it back up with a long conch shell and threw it out the open window. It sat in the bark for 3 days,dried up, and still about 12 inches long when shriveled up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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