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Posted by Marc Levenson on July 26, 2005, 2:18 am
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That's funny. Not all bristleworms are problematic.
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Marc
Ann R wrote:
> My hubby is paranoid about different worms in the tank, especially after
> reading about 7 foot long ones found in aquariums (a little googling can be
> a dangerous thing <g>). He sets a bristle worm trap every night and goes on
> a hunt (I know, bristle worms are our friend <g>) but he HATES them. I get
> a "worms trapped" count every morning almost before I get out of bed. A few
> nights ago a long, thin, white worm came out from a piece of rock. It moved
> very snake-like, would start to go into the trap, then pull out. All we
> could see was about a half inch of white worm, but hubby was on the hunt!
> We didn't trap him that night and didn't see him the next one. Last night
> one of our little snails crawled into the cone shaped end of the bristle
> worm trap and out came his "tongue" - a long thin white worm looking, snake-
> like thing about an inch in length. My hubby's white worm was the "tongue"
> of a snail trying to get to the food inside the trap.
>
> Learning more every day and loving it!
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> reading about 7 foot long ones found in aquariums (a little googling can be
> a dangerous thing <g>). He sets a bristle worm trap every night and goes on
> a hunt (I know, bristle worms are our friend <g>) but he HATES them. I get
> a "worms trapped" count every morning almost before I get out of bed. A few
> nights ago a long, thin, white worm came out from a piece of rock. It moved
> very snake-like, would start to go into the trap, then pull out. All we
> could see was about a half inch of white worm, but hubby was on the hunt!
> We didn't trap him that night and didn't see him the next one. Last night
> one of our little snails crawled into the cone shaped end of the bristle
> worm trap and out came his "tongue" - a long thin white worm looking, snake-
> like thing about an inch in length. My hubby's white worm was the "tongue"
> of a snail trying to get to the food inside the trap.
>
> Learning more every day and loving it!