Critters in my reef!!!

FishPharmD · 02-15-2004, 09:54 PM

I was watching this thing today in my tank. It looked sorta like a centipede...it was white, with a red stripe down the side. I watched as it was crawling back into a hole....with its head and tail in the hole at the same time. Pretty weird. I kept thinking "mantis shrimp" but I have no clue since I don't have any experience with mantis. My LFS has an adult mantis for sale, calls it the "thumbsplitter". Hoping you guys could tell me what I was looking at here.....

Also, a long tube-like worm thing coming out of the side of the rock...about 2" long and as big around as a pencil lead. No appendage on the front (like a polyp), but it did have 2 segments....It would appear from the rock, wiggle around, and then disappear. Strange.....looked almost like a gray bean shoot without the leaves.....hrmmm....

SomeHairyOldGuy · 02-16-2004, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FishPharmD

I was watching this thing today in my tank. It looked sorta like a centipede...it was white, with a red stripe down the side.

Did it look anything like this?

new2salt2 · 02-22-2004, 07:02 AM

i got some in my tank too.. they are very very small and seem to only be seen at night. They look about like a grain of rice with legs. What are these? Please tell me they ok to have in my tank!

philo betto · 02-23-2004, 02:11 PM

maybe a bristleworm?

new2salt2 · 02-24-2004, 06:27 AM

is that a bad thing to have in a reef tank? my heater that sticks to back of glass was removed to be cleaned and i found anohter one there on some sponge bobs that have grown on it

02-15-2004, 09:54 PM	#1
FishPharmD Perpetual Student Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 102	Critters in my reef!!! I was watching this thing today in my tank. It looked sorta like a centipede...it was white, with a red stripe down the side. I watched as it was crawling back into a hole....with its head and tail in the hole at the same time. Pretty weird. I kept thinking "mantis shrimp" but I have no clue since I don't have any experience with mantis. My LFS has an adult mantis for sale, calls it the "thumbsplitter". Hoping you guys could tell me what I was looking at here..... Also, a long tube-like worm thing coming out of the side of the rock...about 2" long and as big around as a pencil lead. No appendage on the front (like a polyp), but it did have 2 segments....It would appear from the rock, wiggle around, and then disappear. Strange.....looked almost like a gray bean shoot without the leaves.....hrmmm.... __________________ mmmkay? Casey

02-22-2004, 07:02 AM	#3
new2salt2 Citizen Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wasington Posts: 163	not sure but mine too i got some in my tank too.. they are very very small and seem to only be seen at night. They look about like a grain of rice with legs. What are these? Please tell me they ok to have in my tank!

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