Bobbit Worm ID?

[nate_newton]

invert in the center

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/newtonn/IMG_3454s.jpg

[EMUreef]

looks like it might be a bobbit worm possibly, could be wrong though. if it is... get it out!!

[Sir Patrick]

Is that a bobbit worm????

[nate_newton]

Yeah I think it is. I've figured out its location for food, noticed it when feeding a few times and finally saw it really good today. A hair raising moment you could say. New tank coming though and starting with dry rock. Nothing will enter the tank without a good dip and I'll probably restart the current rocks in the tank, not taking any chances.

[nate_newton]

How many fish have u lost? lol

none, well only one in my 4 or so years in the hobby 10 months ago

[MizTanks]

An to think I once was freaked out by bristle worms-feeling kind a silly now after seeing this ;)

[Badfish]

invert in the center

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/newtonn/IMG_3454s.jpg

Ahhhgggg! Oh no, I think I have one of these things. It's called a bobbit worm?

[MizTanks]

Yes darlin that is a Bobbit worm and they not be very nice worms at all :thumbsdown:

[ShockSniper]

So I think I may have one of these worms. All of the thing I've been able to see..and not see very well looks a lot like the bobbit worm in the picture. Every time I shine my light on it it darts back in the rock. I've only seen it on one rock in my tank. The problem is the rock I've seen it on also has my anemone on it. The anemone is doing very well and I have know idea how I would get it off the the rock since it has put it's self in a nice crevice in the rock. Should I take the rock out and try to get this worm thing out. I've never seen the whole thing maybe just 1/4 to 1/2 inch if even that. Any idea's....As far as I know it hasn't hurt anything that I know of. Thanks

[MizTanks]

Read this then decide. If it were me I'd do whatever I could to remove it. A.S.A.P!

http://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/bobbit--worm/119

[slapshot]

GET IT OUT!!!! Do whatever you have to. They eat everything from fish to stone corals.

[bluwc]

That was not what I wanted to see first thing in the morning, nasty lol

[bluwc]

You know,I could of swore there somebody a few months ago that wanted a Bobitt worm for research. It was when that 6ft was going around on the boards again. Maybe if your catch him, out a free to good home ad up lol

[nate_newton]

You know,I could of swore there somebody a few months ago that wanted a Bobitt worm for research. It was when that 6ft was going around on the boards again. Maybe if your catch him, out a free to good home ad up lol

If you find him just have him contact me in the next few weeks.

[nate_newton]

Found its hole, even covers it back up. Also posting a better picture. Diameter is 1/8" to 3/16" for those wondering.




http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/newtonn/IMG_0912.jpg

[slapshot]

FYI it could be 4 or 5 foot long and where you see it is more than likely not its lair. Trust me it's not that easy. Good luck. They are terrible creatures.

[Bowels]

Centipede thing what is it? - Reef Central Online Community (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2097386)

Thats my post on the same exact worm!!! I had been looking months and months ago for an ID on this guy, I came to the conclusion that I think it is indeed a eunicid worm but not a "bobbit" worm, there are a ton of different kinds of eunicids and most of them are harmless.... i have this exact species in my tank and hes one of my favorite inhabitants now! hes also made it through all my tank catastrophes alive when others have died. He seems to come out during feeding times, if you make sure some food makes its way near his hole youll see him come out, buts hes super timid... If i were you id leave him in there! hes pretty cute and I am 100% positive hes harmless, ive had my tank 2 years and while this worm may get long he doesnt get wide, **** stay pretty small, ive had all sorts of different fish, I had an ich outbreak, and a heater issue that killed them all, but it was def not the worm. SAVE HIM, he didnt choose to be a little eunicid worm! Also ive never seen a better picture of this worm anywhere! its so hard to get a pic they are soo skiddish, i just got sick and tired of looking at pictures of worms blech! haha (btw i joined this forum just so i could respond to this thread i came across! lol):oldman:

[binford4000]

Centipede thing what is it? - Reef Central Online Community (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2097386)

Thats my post on the same exact worm!!! I had been looking months and months ago for an ID on this guy, I came to the conclusion that I think it is indeed a eunicid worm but not a "bobbit" worm, there are a ton of different kinds of eunicids and most of them are harmless.... i have this exact species in my tank and hes one of my favorite inhabitants now! hes also made it through all my tank catastrophes alive when others have died. He seems to come out during feeding times, if you make sure some food makes its way near his hole youll see him come out, buts hes super timid... If i were you id leave him in there! hes pretty cute and I am 100% positive hes harmless, ive had my tank 2 years and while this worm may get long he doesnt get wide, **** stay pretty small, ive had all sorts of different fish, I had an ich outbreak, and a heater issue that killed them all, but it was def not the worm. SAVE HIM, he didnt choose to be a little eunicid worm! Also ive never seen a better picture of this worm anywhere! its so hard to get a pic they are soo skiddish, i just got sick and tired of looking at pictures of worms blech! haha (btw i joined this forum just so i could respond to this thread i came across! lol):oldman:


+1 not the same worm for sure !! Here is a comparison

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz179/binford4000/image_zps4a6ab918.jpg (http://s825.photobucket.com/user/binford4000/media/image_zps4a6ab918.jpg.html)

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz179/binford4000/image_zps8671e379.jpg (http://s825.photobucket.com/user/binford4000/media/image_zps8671e379.jpg.html)

Note the difference in the front tentacles and the diffrent structures and length of the legs. Also if you zoom in on the pictures you will note the completely diffrent mouth structure too ,not to mention the color differences

[FlynnFish]

sorry Chuck, totally dissagreeing with you on this. absolutly the same worm. in the first picture the worm has its jaws open, the second pic is with jaws closed. bobbit/eunice worms come in all different colors. here is a link to a video of one that i had to pull out of the coral tank at reef solutions (which my coworker claimed was not in there(told yah!)). note the color difference in the same worm! this one was about 1/2" diameter and around 14" long, scruntched up. who knows how long this would have been stretched out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuby9A2fKXU

get the worm out before its starts to eat everything. this one was found under a chalice one day, then under a zoa rock the next.

[slapshot]

For sure a hobbit! Get it out!! Heir color can vary.

[MizTanks]

For sure a hobbit! Get it out!! Heir color can vary.

Wow! It's a Hobbit Heir!!! Lmao!!


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[binford4000]

sorry Chuck, totally dissagreeing with you on this. absolutly the same worm. in the first picture the worm has its jaws open, the second pic is with jaws closed. bobbit/eunice worms come in all different colors. here is a link to a video of one that i had to pull out of the coral tank at reef solutions (which my coworker claimed was not in there(told yah!)). note the color difference in the same worm! this one was about 1/2" diameter and around 14" long, scruntched up. who knows how long this would have been stretched out.

Bobbitt worm - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuby9A2fKXU)

get the worm out before its starts to eat everything. this one was found under a chalice one day, then under a zoa rock the next.

Well,wouldn't be the first time I was wrong! Lol. Cool video and that I would agree was one. Regardless of what it is,it still falls under my favorite rule. Don't know what it is and if it makes my skin cawl like emerald crabs (jeez uck!!!!) get it out ! Or even better have the wife get it out! :oldman: