My pet bristleworm

[Kryptikhan]

Enough with the fish and corals...this worm is my tank's pride and joy lol.

Anyone have any pics or vids bigger than this guy?

This is the biggest I have seen so far lol

Click on the little red house to watch short video.

Thx!

[ledford1]

He's a big guy. But there are people here that have found worms in their tank that were about 6-feet long.

And OK, I'll dig up a pic or two for you...

From Steve Weast's site (http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm):
http://www.oregonreef.com/images/photos/p_068_l.jpg
http://www.oregonreef.com/images/photos/p_069_l.jpg

[classclownfish]

Yeah. I couldn't tell how big the OP's worm was. As far as I can tell the largest one in my tank is still shy of even a foot.

Originally posted by ledford1
He's a big guy. But there are people here that have found worms in their tank that were about 6-feet long.

And OK, I'll dig up a pic or two for you...

From Steve Weast's site (http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm):
http://www.oregonreef.com/images/photos/p_068_l.jpg
http://www.oregonreef.com/images/photos/p_069_l.jpg

[chrisqueenz]

He will get bigger!

[Acillaton]

Is that bristle roam in your tank during a day? Just wondering

[Kryptikhan]

Originally posted by Acillaton
Is that bristle roam in your tank during a day? Just wondering

Usually that one comes out in the morning, about a few hours before I feed. He's about 10 inches, about a foot after he stretches from rockwork. It's so nasty to watch and it has found a nice porous rock to live inside of as his favorite, along with a crab...they don't bother each other it's odd.

I can't seem to find my yellowhead after a few days, wonder if he will get a free meal. As far as him getting bigger, I don't want to imagine that lol

[Acillaton]

Wow. Dont you want to remove that pet one day? It will get bigger and bigger and can cause much more truble later on. JMO.

[Kryptikhan]

Originally posted by Acillaton
Wow. Dont you want to remove that pet one day? It will get bigger and bigger and can cause much more truble later on. JMO.

I am adding corals at very slow rate. If that bugger can stay alive and get monstrous, so be it. I'll house a Bristleworm Only With Live Rock Tank. aka BWOWLR Tank

[greenbean36191]

It will get bigger and bigger and can cause much more truble later on.

If it's a harmless species it's not going to cause any more damage regardless of its size. The yard-long worms that eat people's corals aren't troublemakers because they're big, but because they're problematic species. Steve Weast's worm is a eunicid, not an amphinomid, which are the worms with the stinging spines.

[Kryptikhan]

Originally posted by greenbean36191
If it's a harmless species it's not going to cause any more damage regardless of its size. The yard-long worms that eat people's corals aren't troublemakers because they're big, but because they're problematic species. Steve Weast's worm is a eunicid, not an amphinomid, which are the worms with the stinging spines.

Well I can't observe the tank 24/7 but I've never seen it harm anything. I had a bud come over and ID it and it's 99% bristleworm. I'm gonna let it live and enjoy the life of eating and sleeping for as long as it can scavenge lol

[steven_dean17]

Great worm! Is it ok to say "MY worms longer then yours."?

[greenbean36191]

No doubt it's a bristleworm, but that doesn't mean much. Featherdusters and spaghetti worms are bristleworms too. Steve Weast's giant worm is a bristleworm. With the eunicids like his, small ones may be harmless and large ones may be trouble.

Amphinomids are the family of worms people in the hobby typically call bristleworms. There is one big species, Hermodice carunculata that's a problem and the rest are harmless regardless of size.

[Tilmo2180]

Scary man, I would watch out. Looks like he is trying to get out. That thing is gonna get out and eat your cat while you sleep sleep or something. Nice video though, one of the biggest I have ever seen.

[cardiffgiant]

I've had tiny ones like this for years when I had a FOWLR. I used to always keep an arrow crab, and also had fish that ate them. When I converted to reef, I didn't have a predator for them. I have about 3-4 that are the size of the one in the video. I added a 4 line wrasse, and most of the little ones disappeared. Nothing (including me) has been able to get the big ones.

I tried grabbing one with a pair of long tweezers, but he retracted part of his body into the live rock. I couldn't get him. Pretty strong... I thought I was going to be pulled in!

[Thakr21]

Wow