what the heck did I just find in my filter sock?

[SmyrnaReefer]

Please tell me this I just a large bristle. The head looks like those things from the movie tremmors!!! About 10 inches!!

 

[pickupman66]

WOW, drop that sucker in some hot olive oil!!! THats HUGE.. and quite disgusting.

 

[angrycubano]

I say throw it outside and feed a family of birds with it.

 

[gmoney243]

jay if your still alive and havent been eaten by that thing yet you should send that off to be studied lol

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

Still alive but I had ro go change pants :wink:

 

[pickupman66]

Better yet, put it on a hook and see of the percy priest bass will eat it...

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

WOW - that thing is huge (and ugly)! LOL Looks more like a centpede (like you'd find in a garden), but on steroids.

 

[Dowtish]

That's uhhm....gnarly. Have you posted it anywhere else to ID it yet?

 

[Jennifier615]

Looks like a medusa worm.

For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you

 

[poolkeeper1]

There was a guy in ETRC that brought one about 6 Feet long that he pulled out of one of his overflow boxes with his hand! After he changed his pants he brought it to the Frag Swap in a 5 gal Bucket.
I think they are good scavengers and you should keep it in your sump to eat the Waste. JMO
Bill

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

It's dead it was in a filter sock that I pulled out a couple weeks ago otherwise I would have

 

[Salty Dog]

that is a great scavenger, Bristleworms our reef safe

 

[ToXIc]

There was a guy in ETRC that brought one about 6 Feet long that he pulled out of one of his overflow boxes with his hand! After he changed his pants he brought it to the Frag Swap in a 5 gal Bucket.
I think they are good scavengers and you should keep it in your sump to eat the Waste. JMO
Bill

+1 they are great scavengers. They have a bad rap. Mainly I think because their looks. They're great at cleaning zoas.

But yeah that one is ***** big!



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[islander84]

Looks like a eunicid worm...or however its spelled...but a really big one!

 

[Dave3112]

that is a great scavenger, Bristleworms our reef safe

Not a bristle worm at all. But yes, bristle worms are reef safe and have a bad rap.

Looks like a eunicid worm...or however its spelled...but a really big one!

+1 I believe you are correct with that ID

 

[Dowtish]

check this thread out

eunicid worm - Reef Central Online Community

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

thats what i got, but im still confused. where did it come from? how did it get from my HOB overflow, through tehe gurgle busters and into my filter sock? thats would involve swimming and getting through small holes.........

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

I think I'm gonna have nightmares after reading the thread and the linked story! ROTFL 7ft long and 3/4" diameter?!? I'm surprised that dudes fish weren't all missing! I can only imagine what that thing needed to consume to survive!