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artopia

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Hi all, been lurking a while but never introduced myself. Longtime freshwater keeper but new to the wonderful world of saltwater. I bought a used tank in January - 40g half cylinder-- and bucketed as much of the water and the LR as I could. I only started stocking things about a month ago. I just have a few corals, an RBTA, one clownfish, and a tuxedo urchin. None of the corals are attached, I just set them in there. I discovered to my increasing horror a couple of days ago I have a resident bobbitt worm. I probably saw it before, but in my noobishness just thought, 'wow, that's a big bristle worm'. Anyway, I'm truly terrified of the thing and hoping I can find an experienced reefer to come up and help me. I want to move everything out of the tank into temporary quarters, take it and the rock it lives in out, and BLAST IT WITH A FLAMETHROWER. No, wait, skip that last bit. Not sure what I'm going to do with the unwelcome guest. If anyone wants it, they are welcome to it. After that want to put everything back, hopefully better and more securely than it originally was with. Rough guess thinking this is about 4 hours of work or so. I'm in Mundelein. Please let me know if anyone out there is willing/able to help me!

Alyssa
 
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Its a monster kill it lol
 
The thing is really active all of a sudden. I just went up to look and it was poking 3" out of the rock, in broad daylight. I'm afraid to look at my tank, it creeps me out so bad.

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wow, yeah they are monsters. Need to make sure and get all of it out too. Bump for anyone closer to you than myself who can help.
 
Need a few more posts to put up links but if you look on YouTube under the account artopia2 I put up 2 short videos

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Id help but im not very close to you im closer when im at work but i get out pretty early 230 idk if u home around that time . And ive never delt with one these worms before lol id just smash the dam thing or feed it to the birds lol
 
I have talked with Matt, he recommended trapping it. I just don't think I can do that - first of all it scares the bejeezus out of me and secondly I don't want it in there one more day than necessary. Plus I'm terrified of breaking it and being back to square 1.

Thanks, I do love my knives and when they started that spawning behavior it was a huge thrill. I've never seen that behavior captured anywhere else, and I thought at first they were fighting (I actually moved one to a separate tank at first). I am planning to set up a tank just for them to see if I get babies. They're still young - about 8" long.
 
Had no idea what a Bobbitt Worm was so I looked it up. Its cool in a terrifying kind of way. Can you imagine one of those things 10' feet long?!!? :scared: :bolt:

So is it still lurking in your tank?

You should start a thread for your Ghost Knives.
 
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