HOLY @$%#........WHAT IS THIS?

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HOLY @$%#........WHAT IS THIS?

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I was walking by the tank and saw something swimming very rapidly back and forth. NOTHING was chasing it, but it was swimming really fast. I thought it was my long lost purple firefish. I managed to scoop it up. It has a white head with plainly visible eyes and a red body with some sort of cilia that beats to cause it to move. Looks like a red millipede. It is really gross. We thought it was a bristle worm, but wasn't aware that they had eyes.

Any guesses?

Elizabeth
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Freakamongus!!!! I have no clue.
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I have seen something like it years ago but not that size.
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Post by reeferpuffer »

looks like a fireworm...theyre sting is like fire...dont touch it
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http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/ ... mswarm.htm


This is what I think it is....the reproductive stage of a bristleworm. My question is.....is it okay in the tank or BAD?

Elizabeth :?:
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aww, hes adorable, i want him....
How much for de women? *twack*
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keep him. he is pretty :D
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Sorry.....I have to disagree. He gives me the creeps.

FLUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

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Post by Snakeman »

I had a white one in my tank one night. I caught it to see what it was and put it back, I haven't seen it since. It was shooting around my tank like a missle.
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