Euncid worm vs. scorpion fish

[Darryl_V]

Jesus I hate these worms. Gives me the hebby jebbies......and Ive had a few of them in my aquariums in the past.

http://vimeo.com/28280553

 

[Darryl_V]

And here is a video of one taking down a lionfish. I guess the lion isnt the king of the bottom of the ocean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5MXE5hC5M&index=44&list=PLCBvi7CblLRvY6tGI9dP4FafAnEegk9Vy

 

[scubasteve]

Wow that is crazy !!!! glad i have never seen one in mine looks deadly i think i should have skipped letting the 10 yr old watch.... betcha he wont be playing around with the tank anymore lmao

 

[Darryl_V]

The footage in this one is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM9JiJ07Qog&list=PLCBvi7CblLRvY6tGI9dP4FafAnEegk9Vy&index=55

 

[Reef Hero]

Jesus I hate these worms. Gives me the hebby jebbies......and Ive had a few of them in my aquariums in the past.

http://vimeo.com/28280553

You had a bobbit worm in your aquarium?!?

 

[Darryl_V]

I had one or two in my 50g and removed one when I moved and set up my 90g. But I also caught one or two when I tore down my 90g. I never knew if I just broke them tryi.g to get them out and they regenerated? So I have no idea how many I had.

It's pretty common to get them in live rock. I got them from my first rock which was Walt smith Fiji.

 

[jroovers]

They look like something out of a sci fi movie

 

[sunnykita]

I hope I never have one, nasty creature, luckily I have had no disappearing fish, makes me think twice about ever buying live rock though !

 

[jeffopentax]

I thought the name sounded familiar, then i remembered reading this

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

 

[Darryl_V]

I hope I never have one, nasty creature, luckily I have had no disappearing fish, makes me think twice about ever buying live rock though !

I dont think they often get big enough to take down fish in the aquarium. Mine mostly just ate softies.

 

[TORX]

Re: RE: Euncid worm vs. scorpion fish

I hope I never have one, nasty creature, luckily I have had no disappearing fish, makes me think twice about ever buying live rock though !

I dont think they often get big enough to take down fish in the aquarium. Mine mostly just ate softies.

Beg to differ. There was someone at Ricks first bbq that had one with pics that was several feet long.

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[Poseidon]

I hope I never have one, nasty creature, luckily I have had no disappearing fish, makes me think twice about ever buying live rock though !

I dont think they often get big enough to take down fish in the aquarium. Mine mostly just ate softies.

Beg to differ. There was someone at Ricks first bbq that had one with pics that was several feet long.

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Met a guy at my lfs in tillsonburg that pulled at 3 ft one out of his 90g
Brought it in, was scary as shit

 

[sunnykita]

I'm not grossed out by a lot of things, but these are enough to make me go ewwwhhhh!

 

[reefgeek]

Well now I know where the inspiration for the movie 'Tremors' came from. These things are ghastly... but at the same time pretty darn amazing. It's not often that the words 'predatory' and 'worm' go together....

 

[Flexin5]

 

[curiousphil]

Those videos are way too disturbing lol... I really hope I never encounter one of these worms, I have no idea what I would do.