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Identification What in the heck is growing on my glass, corals, etc. Not sure what it is? Post here and we'll see if we can figure it out!
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Old 09-07-2008, 01:18 PM
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i have this gray worm that lives inside a coccon thats attached to my frogs spawns rock its probebley beeen in their for a year but now i want to know what it is . i never see its body only its head it has to anttenas and whenever it pops its head out it shoots like a spider web and the eats the web it spit ( iguess its like a filter feeder so this is how it eats) other then getting some spider web on some corals whenever its stressed it realeases a LONG web for its size. so what is it ??
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Old 09-07-2008, 03:43 PM
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Sounds like a spaghetti worm.

Spaghetti worms utilize tentacles in amazing ways
Spaghetti Worm - Eupolymnia crassicornis
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Old 09-07-2008, 04:14 PM
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It is is it bad nan this worm i have is preety big
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The web building/throwing sounds more like a vermetid snail than a worm, except a web cocoon does not seem right. Any chance you can remove the critter and place it in a shallow white dish and get some up close photos of it?

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Old 09-08-2008, 03:57 PM
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no i know for sure know that is is indeed a spaghetti worm
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