unknown creature in tank...

[carpenter981]

Ive got something in one of my live rocks that I cant identify. It is white, long, and stringy. It only comes out when the lights are off. I was thinking it is just a tentacle from a spaghetti worm but Ive only seen one. If it is a tentacle Ive never seen what it is attached to. When I shine a flash light on it, it slowly retreats back into the rock. Im guessing it has a slime or film to it because it seems to be dragging bits of sand back with it.

What is it?

 

[ralph atl]

Pistol shrimp? Euclid worm?

 

[carpenter981]

mysterybox;580182 wrote: Pistol shrimp? Euclid worm?

definitely not a shrimp...I cant really find a picture of a Euclid worm to compare it to. Its in a position in the tank where it is really hard to get a good pic.

To me it really does look like the tentacle of a spaghetti worm, but like I said I only see one and nothing else...Its hard to tell but it is at least 3 inches long and very thin. Ive been seeing it for about a week, in the same spot and nothing more than ive described.

 

[smartwater]

Flatworms ??

 

[rbredding]

carpenter981;580176 wrote: When I shine a flash light on it, it slowly retreats back into the rock.
What is it?

mysterybox;580182 wrote: Pistol shrimp? Euclid worm?

no, an Elucid worm is twice as fast as the fastest worm you've ever seen...

 

[ralph atl]

Rbredding;580239 wrote: no, an Elucid worm is twice as fast as the fastest worm you've ever seen...

true.

 

[jennm]

Just FYI... it's Eunicid worm (that's why you can't find a pic, spelled incorrectly).

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm">http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm</a>

I don't think that's what OP has... just threw that in there so folks can see what one is.

Jenn

 

[rbredding]

ha.. ELUSIVE worm works too....

 

[nanonano]

smartwater;580222 wrote: Flatworms ??

Flatworms aren't long.

I'm thinking spaghetti or bristle.

 

[carpenter981]

akozicki;580226 wrote: no, peanut worm trust me. Youll see more of them over time, if you wait till they get big you can stur up the sand and see it. There good though, i guess i mean he cleans around my corals.

I looked up a good bit about peanut worms just now and its definitely a possibility. Mine seems slower to react to light than what I just saw/read about. Ive not been able to see a mouth since it never fully comes out of the one hole in the rock.

It has no legs so I dont see it being a bristle worm, and its definitely bigger than any flatworm ive ever seen