Can You ID this?

[justahobby]

Found this critter from the underside of my tank. I was installing the sump and looked up. Wow this critter was huge and ugly. The white stripes is sand he/she has digested. I haven't got a clue on where to start looking for an ID on this guy. Just when you think you know your tank inside and out, you get this........


http://maast.org/forums/album.php?albumid=65&pictureid=482

[gjuarez]

Weird!! Doesnt look like a bristle worm, too thin and stringy. Never seen it but I would keep an eye on it

[blindside]

cant really tell. looks like a spagetti worm cant see to well

[dustint21]

My tanks have them too. I dont think they hurt anything. I hav lots of different worms in the sand. I think they help stir and clean. No names though, sorry!

[OrionN]

That is what make your live sandbed live. There are lots of these guy in a sand bed. They seem to be some king of segmented worms. Regardless of the name or exact classification, they are beneficial for the tank in consuming waste

[Kyle46N]

Got a bunch of them in my sand too. Just like you did, I can see them from underneath.

[justahobby]

He does appear to be segmented. He reminds me of earth worms the way they aerate soil by consuming it. I wish they was more information out there for ID'ing aquarium critters. If anyone has a good website please post here. "Oh what is THAT growing?"........This is the stuff that got me hook on the marine hobby

[russellwnentwich]

Does it look like this one up close

Notice the mouth on the last pic...
This thing extends out and then eats the hair algea.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss288/russellwnentwich/VTS_01_1.jpg?t=1234420205
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss288/russellwnentwich/VTS_01_2.jpg?t=1234420205
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss288/russellwnentwich/VTS_01_3.jpg?t=1234420205
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss288/russellwnentwich/VTS_01_8.jpg?t=1234420205

[SoLiD]

Those are some neat pictures. What kind of worm is that and How did you take those pictures?

[russellwnentwich]

These pictures were taken with my video camera, i then put the video on my computer and took screenshots to make pictures....my regular camera doesn't work well in the dark :mad:(i used the nightshot on my video camera and was very quiet):ph34r: I don't know what that worm is....if anyone knows I'm interested because I don't know if they are harmful or not...It seems to eat the algea surrounding its tube but I have about 5 or 6 small dusters on the same rock and I wonder if this nocturnal worm will kill my feather dusters.

[txav8r]

These pictures were taken with my video camera, i then put the video on my computer and took screenshots to make pictures....my regular camera doesn't work well in the dark :mad:(i used the nightshot on my video camera and was very quiet):ph34r: I don't know what that worm is....if anyone knows I'm interested because I don't know if they are harmful or not...It seems to eat the algea surrounding its tube but I have about 5 or 6 small dusters on the same rock and I wonder if this nocturnal worm will kill my feather dusters.

I spotted one of these in a rock that sets on my sandbed. When he retracts he seems to roll up inside himself. It's hard to explain.
As for a name, I call mine Snuffalupagus.

[KyleV]

I think those are baby Tremors! If you seen the movies they must have based them on those pics.

[justahobby]

Na, he is much thinner. A thick strand of hair maybe. That's some killer snapshots. They remind me of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" :ph34r:


Does it look like this one up close

[russellwnentwich]

I think those are baby Tremors! If you seen the movies they must have based them on those pics.

maybe I should test for seismic waves....Now that you mention it I think I have felt some rumblings...on second thought thats just my stomach