Ok before you all think I’m crazy, yes I googled this for about two hours before posting here. Anyway I have a nano 20g with a couple of clownfish and some inverts. There’s this giant spaghetti worm that’s been giving me the heebies, so I pulled it out today. Basically just continuously wrapped the threads around feeding tongs I have until I got to the body which got mushed as I pulled it out so I can’t identify it that way.
Fast forward five minutes: my two clowns are darting and flashing on everything, and one of them alternates between that and floating sideways at the bottom in a corner. This has continued for an hour. The ONLY THING that has changed was me removing that spaghetti worm, which has me thinking that the might release a toxin if injured, like the Medusa worm? I know there is a type of spaghetti worm that is classified as Loimia Medusa.
I also found a forum where a reefer states he had skin irritation after touching a spaghetti worm.
Any ideas? Currently running carbon just in case there is a toxin. It’s the craziest thing.
Fast forward five minutes: my two clowns are darting and flashing on everything, and one of them alternates between that and floating sideways at the bottom in a corner. This has continued for an hour. The ONLY THING that has changed was me removing that spaghetti worm, which has me thinking that the might release a toxin if injured, like the Medusa worm? I know there is a type of spaghetti worm that is classified as Loimia Medusa.
I also found a forum where a reefer states he had skin irritation after touching a spaghetti worm.
Any ideas? Currently running carbon just in case there is a toxin. It’s the craziest thing.