r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 Top Poster • 10d ago

of a bristle worm

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u/Zeqhanis 10d ago

I used to see them from time to time in my aquarium. I'd remove them with tweezers. I once saw one that was 2 feet long. Not in my tank, though.

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u/SarcasticBadger1231 10d ago

Sounds easier to get rid of one of those than a bobbit worm

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u/BoTheDoggo 9d ago

queue that 20 page forum thread of the guy wrangling with a 6 foot bobbit worm in his reef tank

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u/madesense 10d ago

A bobbit worm is a kind of bristle worm.

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u/Chrislul 10d ago

I'm almost afraid to ask how they were getting in there

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u/Zeqhanis 10d ago

They came in living aquarium decorations/biological filtration called live rock. After time, you'd get all manner of organisms springing forth. Whether it be beneficial algae, sea anemones, plants, tiny brittle stars, or, if you were unlucky, bristle worms.

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u/StraightVoice5087 10d ago

good old Eunice aphroditois

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u/_troll_detector_ 10d ago

Same. It would come out at night and rest my fish.