King Nine
04/06/2007, 08:40 PM
Ok, I was fishing out a dead Purple Fire Fish the other day and when I went to scoop it up I saw what looked like a Bristle Worm or Eunicid worm sticking out from under a small rock that was sitting by itself on the bottom of the tank. It was an inch or more sticking out so I figure it was at least an inch and half or more in length. I grabbed the rock and looked to find what hole the worm was in.
I had just read on another thread that someone used pelligrino water to squirt into the hole and in a few minuets his eunicid worm came right out. This of course didn't work for me. It was very late so I quarantined the rock in my tank with a ziplock bag. The next night I gave it a go again. This time my wife misunderstood and poured tonic water in the bowl I asked her for so I could squirt in the hole with the worm. While that was a mistake it didn't work either. I went back to the Pelligrino water and this time I heated it up in the microwave. This worked some as the worm stuck out a little and then went back in. I tried this many many more times and heard the worm make strange sounds but to no avail. I then decided to chisel the rock where the hole was. After doing so I only found green goo and thought I cooked the worm with the hot water. I went for one more chisel just to make sure I didn't have a worm further down a hole and the rock split in two and I found what looked like a tube looking worm. Not the centipede looking worm I saw a few nights before. Here is the picture of it. Can anyone tell me what is was? Also, I washed the rock off with my RO water and put it back in. Now it has glowing red spots. What are those????
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2012.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2013.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2014.jpg
I had just read on another thread that someone used pelligrino water to squirt into the hole and in a few minuets his eunicid worm came right out. This of course didn't work for me. It was very late so I quarantined the rock in my tank with a ziplock bag. The next night I gave it a go again. This time my wife misunderstood and poured tonic water in the bowl I asked her for so I could squirt in the hole with the worm. While that was a mistake it didn't work either. I went back to the Pelligrino water and this time I heated it up in the microwave. This worked some as the worm stuck out a little and then went back in. I tried this many many more times and heard the worm make strange sounds but to no avail. I then decided to chisel the rock where the hole was. After doing so I only found green goo and thought I cooked the worm with the hot water. I went for one more chisel just to make sure I didn't have a worm further down a hole and the rock split in two and I found what looked like a tube looking worm. Not the centipede looking worm I saw a few nights before. Here is the picture of it. Can anyone tell me what is was? Also, I washed the rock off with my RO water and put it back in. Now it has glowing red spots. What are those????
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2012.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2013.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/KingNine/2014.jpg