Worm ID Please

[poomoon]

Hi, recently I had posted of clearing my tank of about 40+ bristle worms, and now I see only about 10 during lights out, so I guess I have to control my feeding to not cause another population explosion.

Earlier, I saw another worm, but not sure what it is. Tried to take a pic, but was very fast, always speedily going in it's tunnel.

I tried drawing it, look somehow like this :

There are about 4 antennae, and the color is actually white, with some sort of black stripes. At least the portion that came out is about 1-in long, about 2mm diameter, body looks round and with legs (not flat body and spikes like bristle), body still looks segmented ....

Will try to snap a pic when I can.

Thanks.

[mw1611]

Hmm.. Looks like a bobbit worm.. I chanced upon a discussion about it last night when trying to research how to remove bristle worms cause I saw a big grey one in my tank last night..

Here's the link to the thread I saw the discussion at:

[poomoon]

Thanks. I actually thought that it might ba a bobbit at first. I saw this video in the link already, plus another 'monster' on youtube ... doesn't look exactly like this, though these are adults already compared to what I saw ... thanks, for now just keeping a look out, seems always in the same hole.

Catching bristle worms, I stalk themduring lights out, using a 1-foot tweezer. once they are almost totally out, i just make sure i grab it in the middle of the length, and don't yank out fast, they mght break into two, or they are able to squeeze out and slither back, i just kept a grip and slowly remove them. I've read some using plastic soda bottles - cut the bottle where it strats to taper, reverse it and glue it back into the bigger body piece, then put food / shrimp or something to attract them to go inside. once inside, they can't go out. haven't tried it though.

[Lance Ng]

Definitely a hobbit worm! & the one you drew looks like the Frodo of the bunch!

[poomoon]

lol .... thing is, i didn't see it again ... also not sure how to catch it. i guess just wait for it to grow ....

[ethantang]

I have the same thing in my tank... I tried to switch off the lights and then turn it back on suddenly to try expose it.. Worked for the first time but couldn't catch hold of it... Then since then 2 weeks I have not seen it anymore..l

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