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dmweise
Sat, 7th Mar 2009, 11:41 PM
Today while doing my water change, I moved a rock to put some sand under it. I found the following critter hanging out underneath the rock:

http://gallery.me.com/dmweise/100013/photo_1/web.jpg
Troutmasters02
Sat, 7th Mar 2009, 11:50 PM
Nice find! Does she do dishes too?
JimD
Sun, 8th Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
Common bristleworm...
dmweise
Sun, 8th Mar 2009, 12:39 AM
It didn't do dishes, but it did dance to the tune of my garbage disposer. Big bristle worms creep me out. Yuck. I don't mind the small ones.
Mrs. z28pwr
Sun, 15th Mar 2009, 02:17 PM
:clown: .......funny
Obi-Wan the Goby
Sun, 15th Mar 2009, 03:43 PM
At that size, and with that color, it's possible it's a fire worm... probably good that you 'disposed' of it.
jpond83
Sun, 15th Mar 2009, 04:56 PM
doesnt look like a fire worm to me, i would have left him in there
Obi-Wan the Goby
Sun, 15th Mar 2009, 06:34 PM
Without very clear pictures (especially of the mouth) it's generally impossible to tell bristle (Nereidae) and fire (Amphinomidae) worms apart. But for a very simple rule of thumb, the bristle worms often have less densely clustered bristles and do not grow as large as the fire worms. Once they get to be about 6" or more, I consider them to be too much of a risk, and generally yank them out just to be safe.

Here's a fire worm I caught a couple of years ago.
It was a very active (and successful) snail predator.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4459/dsc02355ok2.jpg
That coin is the size of a penny.