Looks like little snakes,ID?
Hey!,
The Wife and I were watching TV and all of a sudden the Wife screams "What's that?". So I look and there is these two little snake like (worms?)swimming around.Here is some bad pic's; [IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d26/3D-Reef/greenworms.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d26/3D-Reef/greenworms2.jpg[/IMG] Does anyone know if I should keep them or not? |
what colour are they?
they kinda look like peanut worms...but i have never seen mine swim around... and if you found two...i am certain you will find more... |
They were green,about 2.5-3" long.But after posting I looked and they had lost their 'green'.Also they split into about 6 smaller worms.With a magnifing glass the green stuff looks like tiny green eggs and the worms look like beaten up bristle worms.
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That's exactly what they are. These swimmers are polychaetes (or their posterior regions) that become modified as they mature sexually. The modified forms are called epitokes. When fully mature & full of eggs or sperm they swim up into the water to release the gametes. I suspect these particular ones are the epitokous rear portions of small eunicid worms.
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This entire thread gives me the creeps....:eek2: ...lol
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:D Very intresting!!Thanks!
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eunucids are one of the worst worms to find your tank arent they?
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May be a Palolo sp.
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Big eunicids can be bad, small ones usually aren't. Palolo worms are eunicids and are responsible for a big part of the bioerosion that breaks down dead coral on reefs.
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