sea monster....

DRC Archive General Saltwater Discussion
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so for about a month now ive been seeing some frags i have on the sand being moved during the night, at first i thought it was my snails moving it or my fish or something, but then my yumas started to disapear (which i was mighty pissed about) and then one morning i come down and my toadstool had been dragged under one of my rocks, i take it out and find it was almost bitten in half, it was originally about 2 inches in diameter…so it had to be something. over the past few days ive been seeing more and more debris piled up in front of a hole in my live rock so i knew it had to be some type of worm or shrimp or somehting…well last night i saw it.

its a freakin BOBBIT WORM i cant believe it, when i first started reefing over a year ago i read about the nightmares these thing cause since they can grow to be almost 9 feet long and like an inch or so thick. well now i have one, luckily its in a smallish rock so i might just try to remove the entire piece. we shall see. anyone else ever deal with one?

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Never, but good luck with that. I’ve seen pics of them and hear they wreak havoc on softies.

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Better your hand then mine. They look absolutly freaky

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ohh trust me my hand isnt going anywhere near its cave

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Dude, I would like to see that in person. Never seen one except for in pictures. Sorry to hear about your corals.

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Wow! Good luck!

Looks like here’s a thread of a guy going through the same thing right now… http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/nasty-bobbit-worm-157622-2.html Maybe you can contact him and bounce ideas off each other?

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That would be great if you could bring that thing to the next meeting! Or are you looking forward to toturing it slowly once you catch it slap-stick
eating a mans yumas “is” punishable by death ::rofl::

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hahhaa we’ll see. i wont be able to make it to next meeting but ill think of something to do

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i think after you catch it u make a dedicated tank for it

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i was thinking about that but man, i dont know where id put another tank, although it would be sweet…but i dont think a 9 foot worm would like a 2.5 gallon tank hahaha

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That’s Incredible!! You have to give it to Jon. He will trade a frag or two for it, I’m sure. He likes to keep things like that for pets, to study. Right Jon?