FISHES M.I.A. - CAUGHT THE SUSPECT!

[Richie13]

Past months saw a few of my favourite fish gone missing.

My goby, mandarin, purple tang and 2xBORBONIUS ANTHIAS (most heart pain).

Today, decom my tank due to shifting to a new house found this among the rock.

It has to be the culprit.

[iskay]

must be an SRC record

[Richie13]

must be an SRC record

Haha... now dead and recorded...

[nwyk153]

Haha... exactly the same size as mine. Found it hiding under the liverock a few years back(Chewing on my baby blue tang!). So i catch it and pour hot water on it!

[ReDDeviLs]

did i see 14inches on the tape?

[reeftask]

Haha... exactly the same size as mine. Found it hiding under the liverock a few years back(Chewing on my baby blue tang!). So i catch it and pour hot water on it!

only hot water? Better cut it like sushi, then put in fresh water, then in the sun, .......

[Achilles Tang]

Yikes. Makes my skin crawl!

FYI, that's not the suspect. It's confirmed a fish killer.

[onizukaa]

got many of this in my sump (cos i access it often to change the live rocks), small and long one (think they breed and multiply themselves (single parent))haha. but your's is damn damn long.lol.longer then a 1 ft tank -.-|| all the best in your new setup bro!

p.s : maybe you hang this outside your tank to care those hitchikers..lol

[dnsfpl]

Yikes. Makes my skin crawl!

FYI, that's not the suspect. It's confirmed a fish killer.

i thought these worms are beneficial?

i have 1 in my tank too, must i trap it out?

thanks

[albinosage]

i thought these worms are beneficial?

i have 1 in my tank too, must i trap it out?

thanks

Bristle worms or fire worms are said to be beneficial, they do not hunt livestock, but will feed on scraps of food. The one in the picture looks like a bobbit worm. Bobbit worms and eunicid worms are the ones that will prey on your fish. Since they all look alike and are hard to catch, I usually remove all of them if spotted.

[dnsfpl]

Bristle worms or fire worms are said to be beneficial, they do not hunt livestock, but will feed on scraps of food. The one in the picture looks like a bobbit worm. Bobbit worms and eunicid worms are the ones that will prey on your fish. Since they all look alike and are hard to catch, I usually remove all of them if spotted.

to be safe, i better figure a way to trap mine

thanks for the info

[planula]

Lokks like a Eunice (Polychaete = Bristle worms) from the family Eunicidae. Do you still have the specimen? AM interested in it. Thanks

[Achilles Tang]

It is a Eunice worm. And its still a baby. What do you want it for??