giant bristleworm, blue blood :)

[yikai]

so i was hacking my liverock, and OMGWT*BBQ, this thing appeared. a 10" long bristleworm when fully extended. It broke in half, and this extremely beautiful, yet creepy, luminous blue fluid appeared. I have no idea what it was, but i assured u it was glowing in my dimly lit kitchen.

The only conclusion i can, well...conclude, from this is because invertebrates have haemocyanin in their blood, which is copper based and contains Cu2+ ions, giving it a bright blue colour, instead of the red blood we humans have.

stunning isnt it hehe. btw, no photoshopping! its this blue! now if only all corals came in this colour.

[onizukaa]

wow, go outfield can put this inside, can let it glow.

[angelfishlover]

Collect a lot of them and make it into a temporary lantern

[FuEl]

Polychaetes blood seem mostly brownish-red, fishing kakis should know. The blue could be emitted by some kind of bacterial activity.

[yikai]

Polychaetes blood seem mostly brownish-red, fishing kakis should know. The blue could be emitted by some kind of bacterial activity.

orh... me didnt know you are probably right, because the luminous blue only flashed for awhile before dissapearing.

[RockyBoy]

Good for fishing...

[albinosage]

Did the worm bite you? Looks radioactive, maybe you will gain super powers from it muahahahaha!

[yikai]

Did the worm bite you? Looks radioactive, maybe you will gain super powers from it muahahahaha!

yea im worm man! fear my ability to iritate reefers in a futile bid to remove me from your tank hehehe