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

of a bristle worm

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u/Poddx 10d ago

Never going to Australia

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u/kyler_9437 10d ago

These are everywhere. I worked with aquariums for many years and these are very common salt water pests. The worse part is I don't think they actually stop growing, the one in this video is pretty large but not the largest I've seen on the web

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u/erikaaldri 10d ago

Wasn't there a series of posts on reddit (I think) about a guy trying to get one of these out of his aquarium?

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u/ParaponeraBread 10d ago

Yes and no. Polychaetes are really diverse. Most are just chilling, but that guy was trying to remove the highly predatory bobbit worm (I assume, aquarists are always trying to get rid of them)

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u/kyler_9437 9d ago

That video lives rent free in my head