Tank Journal Archive

[hurlza]

Any ideas? And anyone know anything about it. Defs not a bristle as i have many of those.

 

[lukusis]

Pretty sure thats the Predator Arnie had so many issues with........ :p


B.Fenner of WWM id's it as a bristleworm, but doesnt mention the family.

RC has a thread naming it a eunice worm (a nuisance/pest), and another thread with a similar worm named a oenone worm (again, a nuisance/pest).

I would remove it asap personally......

 

[hurlza]

Pretty sure thats the Predator Arnie had so many issues with........ :p


B.Fenner of WWM id's it as a bristleworm, but doesnt mention the family.

RC has a thread naming it a eunice worm (a nuisance/pest), and another thread with a similar worm named a oenone worm (again, a nuisance/pest).

I would remove it asap personally......

Any ideas on how to remove

 

[ezza]

Eunice worms classically have a white band around the 5th segment from the head.

I only succeeded by pulling the rock out and shooting peroxide and fresh water through it. The worms just fell out into the bucket I did it in. I had a few Eunice worms as well as my monster 30cm long fireworm.

 

[ezza]

Google Bobbit Worm or Eunice Worm.

 

[lukusis]

Eunice worms classically have a white band around the 5th segment from the head..

Doesnt the one pictured have that (hard to see on the mobile)?

Any ideas on how to remove

Something akin to what @ezza did...

I only succeeded by pulling the rock out and shooting peroxide and fresh water through it..

 

[hurlza]

Doesnt the one pictured have that (hard to see on the mobile)?


Something akin to what @ezza did...

Yeah it does have the white band

 

[hurlza]

Thanks guys. Will hopefully try get rid of it without killing the rics

 

[ezza]

I just rescaped a section and had my rock out of the water for a while. It led to yet another de-worming. I had several Eunice and large fireworms. The longest was about 40cm. It is utterly nuts. I cut the rock up and drilled through it and found these big bastards deep inside the chunks of rock. It never ends!

 

[hurlza]

View attachment 52730 View attachment 52731 I just rescaped a section and had my rock out of the water for a while. It led to yet another de-worming. I had several Eunice and large fireworms. The longest was about 40cm. It is utterly nuts. I cut the rock up and drilled through it and found these big bastards deep inside the chunks of rock. It never ends!

ew haha

 

[hurlza]

View attachment 52730 View attachment 52731 I just rescaped a section and had my rock out of the water for a while. It led to yet another de-worming. I had several Eunice and large fireworms. The longest was about 40cm. It is utterly nuts. I cut the rock up and drilled through it and found these big bastards deep inside the chunks of rock. It never ends!

Also do you reckon I can just dip the entire rock with peroxide? it has 3 rics and some zoas on it

 

[ezza]

Also do you reckon I can just dip the entire rock with peroxide? it has 3 rics and some zoas on it

Been there, done that! The Zoas will be fine, the Rics might be grouchy for a by but they will also pull through beautifully. I have used 35% peroxide on LPS with no issues (brief sulking). If you have SPS, avoid adding peroxide as they will bleach. The bleaching event in nature is actually the coral producing peroxide naturally which then kills off the coral. LPS like Zoas are hardy buggers because they tend to live in extreme environments.

 

[hurlza]

Been there, done that! The Zoas will be fine, the Rics might be grouchy for a by but they will also pull through beautifully. I have used 35% peroxide on LPS with no issues (brief sulking). If you have SPS, avoid adding peroxide as they will bleach. The bleaching event in nature is actually the coral producing peroxide naturally which then kills off the coral. LPS like Zoas are hardy buggers because they tend to live in extreme environments.

Awesome, thankyou

 

[ezza]

Awesome, thankyou

*blows a kiss*