Lights out+flashlight=WTF is this?!?! *PICS*

[mustangcaleb]

well its 3 am and i decided to grab a little flashlight and look at the tank. i saw WAY more pods than i wouldve guessed since this tank is only a month old. but the rock has been in an established tank for prob 4 years before it went into this tank a month ago. i also got some chaeto, they all could have come from, but anyhow... i looked around for a few minutes before realizing there was 3 inchs of worm sticking out from under a rock right in front of me. i put the light on it and it started going back in the rock immediately but i got the first pic before it was all the way back in. then i saw on the rock beside the one this worm was under, there was 2.5" of a matching worm coming out of a hole, but i had to get the pic from a different side of the tank, second pic. they were both grey with the dark band around the end.

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and fwiw, ive heard of a few different types of pods. not sure if theres that much of a difference, but heres a few pics of the pods i see. i first 2 pics are of this one particular pod. every time ive ever looked at the tank with the lights off, this guy is there. he doesnt mind if i touch the glass .1" from him, or if i put the flashlight .1" off him either, he just chills. and the 3rd pic is another one i saw scurry across the sand while taking pics.

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[roundman]

Well I think it is a peanut worm but check this site out. It is a good site for id's.

 

[soarin']

Yeah, peanut worm -- you'll see them just keep extending their necks out like some go-go gadget worm and then zip back into their hole if they get startled -- they're pretty neat to watch, and totally harmless.

The second picture looks like an amphipod - they usually run around with their bodies in a kind of "c" shape.

You'll start seeing lots and lots of amphipods around as your tank matures.

Its loads of fun watching the critter population evolve in a new tank. Life just starts "exploding" in the tank as all the little critters start growing and having babies.

+1 on the melevsreef site.

 

[mustangcaleb]

yea, according to that site, exhibit a would be a peanut worm, and exhibit b would be an amphipod

didnt say much about the peanut worm though, i guess ill go google it then go to bed, thanks alot for the link!

 

[stacy22]

The second 'worm' coming out looks like an ophiuroid (serpent star) arm to me.

It's cool to see what goes on after lights-out!

 

[mustangcaleb]

stacy22;306507 wrote: It's cool to see what goes on after lights-out!

thatd be alot easier to say if these "aliens" werent next to my bed, less then 3 feet from where i put my head at night


haha, pods are funny to watch, always busy working. except for that one that chills. hes there everynight, is that normal? hes like a hooker or a drug dealer, hes on that same corner every night. haha, i should try to hand feed him tomorrow. :up:

 

[dmahoney82]

+1

roundman;306499 wrote: Well I think it is a peanut worm but check this site out. It is a good site for id's.