creepy Furry not so little copepods

[fishguttz]

My only fish recently vanished, so I have a 2.5 gallon reef tank full of copepods. But I saw a creepy looking creature crawling through the rocks. It looked sort of like a 1/4" white hairy caterpillar, with 100 legs. I've seen two miniature ones on the wall of the tank, but they don't move much. I hope the thing in the rocks was my imagination but I can't be sure. Of course I don't have a photo. Any ideas?

 

[Killerdrgn]

more than likely a bristle worm. good detrius eaters.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

more than likely a bristle worm. good detrius eaters.

However, without pics one cannot be completely sure.

 

[thirty5]

My only fish recently vanished, so I have a 2.5 gallon reef tank full of copepods. But I saw a creepy looking creature crawling through the rocks. It looked sort of like a 1/4" white hairy caterpillar, with 100 legs. I've seen two miniature ones on the wall of the tank, but they don't move much. I hope the thing in the rocks was my imagination but I can't be sure. Of course I don't have a photo. Any ideas?

Must be bored to have counted all those legs:lol:.. I vote for bristle worm also..

 

[Psycho graphic]

It sounds likw a Bristleworm, as said before, great for cleaning detritus. If you think it's scary now, wait until it gets about 8" long! OF course by then you will be used to it.

 

[fishguttz]

Here is a picture of the momma and the baby.

 

[Killerdrgn]

did it look like this?

 

[aaron23]

that is a bristle worm

 

[PalmTree]

that is one scarey looking bristle worm

 

[roncgizmo]

My god man! was that thing eating plutonium?

 

[EmilyT]

mmmm i love pom juice! does the creature have hair all over its body or just on the sides like a bristle worm does?

 

[Killerdrgn]

is that what fishgutz has? he never responded to my question with that picture. That picture was posted by me. I pulled it outta the tank about a month ago. And that shot is from the top side, the bottom of it has a little more bristles. This sucker is now currently residing in my frag tank.

 

[rookie07]

so nasty.

 

[fishguttz]

sorry I didn't respond sooner killer. These messages seem to get buried so quickly in the archives of MR. What I have is nowhere near that size. What I have seemed to have hair on the top as well and it moved very quickly.