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10/23/2007, 02:51 AM
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Eunicid worm
Hi,
Ive got an eunicid worm thats aproximately 25 inches long. I recently cut back on the feedings and it was then i discovered several SPS where damaged. It looks like bite marks and it is so destructive that i need to remove it. Ive managed to catch it at one occasion but it split.  It mostly keeps the tail under the rock and withdraws very quickly if theres any movement. Any tips on how to remove it ? I rather not tear down the whole island. 
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#2
10/23/2007, 04:28 AM
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Nice tank, but I don't have any suggestions on how to catch or what would hunt it.
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10/23/2007, 08:42 AM
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Nice tank
 I've had one before. I had to rip down the rock it was in and smashed it open. I had set up traps with meaty goodness in it, but either it didn't like that food, something else ate it, or it just reached in the trap and pulled out what it wanted. Also, don't think that you've killed it because you ripped it in half. It's likely still alive.
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#5
10/23/2007, 03:35 PM
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I am curious as how you managed to catch half of him being as quick as they are?
I took the rock mine was in and gave it a fresh water dip. I then chipped away at the rock until I found him to make sure he was in there and dead. Good Luck!!! |
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10/24/2007, 02:51 AM
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You are right, its still alive. I target feed it pellets at night to avoid damage to the corals. I can see it comes out to eat. I guess I was lucky and got hold of it with some tweezers one night. But it usually withdraws very quickly if theres any movement. I got a tip from my local reef club to make a 4 feet long 1 inch pvc pipe sealed at one end, and put some food it in. It might work as they supposedly feel safe in it. Crossing my fingers, it would be a pita to tear down the island to get the worm out.
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#8
11/18/2007, 04:10 AM
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I caught half (or 1/3's)of one a couple times before I finally got him as well.
AS far as how that can happen that was asked.....i would bait him and leave the tongs sitting in place over his hole.......my hand would already be in the tank tongs in place and he would move right into them............was onlcy succesful in getting pieces of him that way though..... ended up getting him the same way as jerf. got fed up....knew he was in a rock and disassembled that part of the reef as quickly and safely as I could to pull the rock out he was in. |
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11/29/2007, 09:13 AM
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gack. i have seen at least 3 little ones in my tank, and i'm dreading the day they get bigger. they're all the diameter of about 1mm now, who knows how long. they pull back into their holes like lightning! and of course, they live in the bottom rocks of the tank.
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11/29/2007, 10:16 PM
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Here is mine several years ago. I can't find where I stored these pictures right now so I'm just sending a link to a post I made. I have recently moved my fish and some of my rock to a 90 gallon. I don't plan on moving this rock to the 90 until I'm sure the worm's not in it. One night I found my clownfish turned upside down and sucked into the rock dead with bites out of its fins. It was perfectly healthy when I went to bed. I woke up in the middle of the night to check on it. It took me a while to find it. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...3&#entry171463
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#13
11/30/2007, 10:02 AM
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well, i noticed last night that two of my eunicids seem to have tunnels in the sand, not rock, so maybe my chances of nabbing them in a scoop of sand are good. i think i'll try building a better worm-trap first, before i go disturbing my DSB. stupid hitchhikers...
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#14
11/30/2007, 04:50 PM
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Here ya go, I used a baby bottle. Hopefully I'll have a worm trapped by tomorrow.
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11/30/2007, 05:36 PM
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What I'd suggest doing is borrowing a trap net to trap the worm from just that side of the tank, and then just mine as well take down the island.
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#16
11/30/2007, 08:04 PM
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this is a great way to catch them, trying to get them when there under the sand is pointless...there just to fast and sensative, go and get a clam from the grocery store and put it in the tank, the worm will smell it right away. Wait untill the lights are off and it will start to eat the dead clam. the worm will try and work its entire body in the clam so all you should have to do is pull the clam out with the worm in it plus you can tell how many you have that way. they prefer clams to all other food sources since there such an easy meal. just dont try and catch it while only its mouth is in the clam, wait untill it curls its entire body into it
hope this helps Jeff |
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