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Old 02/24/2002, 10:19 PM
djl djl is offline
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Question Any idea what this 'worm' is??

This 'worm' was presumably a hitchhiker on my Florida LR. It is about 1" long, 3/16" wide, grey or black in color, and covered in short white 'hairs'. It spends most of its time stationary on the wall of my tank, but does move around. Any idea what it is, and whether it is desirable or not? Thanks!

***dan

P.S. There is an image of this 'worm' here:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbull...threadid=66075
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Old 02/25/2002, 12:11 AM
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Here you go

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Old 02/25/2002, 12:02 PM
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hard to tell from the pic but it looks like some sort of cuke?
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Old 02/25/2002, 02:13 PM
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i second that.

how big is it?
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Old 02/25/2002, 06:57 PM
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Hi,

Yes, the picture is not sufficiently detailed to help a lot with identification, but it definitely looks like a small filter feeding sea cucumber.

Here is some information about cukes.

 


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