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UrbanSage
09/30/2006, 11:15 AM
My first bristleworm caught in a 10 gallon tank. Had it been in my 75 gallon I doubt I would care but the size of this guy seemed to not fit this small tank. Knowing what they can potentially grow into :D

This one has two tails, anyone ever seen anything like that before?
Also, I am debating flushing it or placing it in my refuguim...

Before Capture
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/UrbanSage/Aquarium/10g/DSCN2890.jpg

After Capture
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/UrbanSage/Aquarium/10g/DSCN2895.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/UrbanSage/Aquarium/10g/DSCN2893.jpg
dc
09/30/2006, 11:43 AM
I'd keep it! I've seen somewhere that they can reproduce this way, so you are probably going to have 2 :D I'd worry a lot more about those flatworms you have on your glass.
UrbanSage
09/30/2006, 12:24 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8251898#post8251898 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
I'd worry a lot more about those flatworms you have on your glass.

I have had flatworms for about six months now. Initially I fought it. And lost, and fought and lost etc. etc.
Finally I stopped fighting and tried to figure out why I had so many of them. I ended up monitoring my feedings better and since then the flatworm population has gone down signifficantly. Currently I have some scattered flatworms around the corners of my liverock. I have seen no harm come from having them and I consider them part of the cleanup crew on line with aptasia in the sump and haialgae in the overflow :)

However, in my 10g I have too many flatworms. Feedings are minimal with only two small fish and very limited feeding. I have just bought a bottle of FlatWorm Exit to nuke this tank with.

Thank you for your input on the bristleworm :)
I know next to nothing about these guys.
romunov
10/01/2006, 02:32 PM
I once found a two headed worm!
Sk8r
10/01/2006, 03:09 PM
Bristleworms are valuable detrivores and an asset to the reef tank. Just don't touch them barehanded.
LeslieH
10/01/2006, 04:16 PM
I think it's due to either a genetic abnormality or the hind end was damaged so the regrowth is abnormal. It just doesn't look right for asexual reproduction. On the other hand, there's a lot about worms I don't know. If those odd ends do turn into free living juveniles please tell us about it!
UrbanSage
10/01/2006, 07:07 PM
Well, I threw it in my 20 gallon refugium. Im sure it will live a long happy life in there.