Surprise in a 15 years old aquarium

[Huff747]

Sure hope I don't have one of those in my tank(s). Yipes.

 

[Joe G]

That is super freaky looking, if i found that in my tank I would have nightmares [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Fudsey]

So a 1 foot carnivore can live how long with no fish losses ?

@Lasse said 1 meter not 1 foot..... That's a huge worm and without major losses.... (Shudder)

 

[Retro Reefer]

The Loch Ness eucinid..

 

[siggy]

Mines only about 8”

Well there goes the Hudson Valley

 

[Crabs McJones]

That gives me nightmares awesome find lasse

 

[cracker]

@Lasse said 1 meter not 1 foot..... That's a huge worm and without major losses.... (Shudder)

I stand corrected ! So this beast is like 3 feet? Holy Smokers !

 

[rkpetersen]

In all seriousness, though - Where does something like that hide, for all those years, in a tank that size? Did he have a very deep sand bed or a very large amount of rock work? Even if both were true, it's hard to understand how something 3 feet in length would remain unseen. Especially if it's not even trying to hide.

 

[cracker]

I'm thinking it "might" not be a bobbit . Is it possible it's not ? Also we don't know all the details. how much rock work. The tank was 15 years old was there a plenum plate on the bottom or such? The beast could easily hide down there. We can all agree the Good Folks that live on the other side of the Atlantic do things differently. Even if they do talk a little funny . The mystery deepens !

 

[AdamNC]

That’s a whole lot of nope there.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I think the only way to test id is a night time video and adding live feeder fish. Then of course sharing the video with all of us.[emoji57]

 

[KJ]

15 years ago - my friend set up a 540 litres aquarium in his shop. It has been there and he has only add some corals and fishes. Never, ever seen any problems with the livestock. Last week - he took it down and this show up - more than 1 metre

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Surprise, surprise

Now it is in an aquaria of a marine biologist. He will try to give it a sand bed and try to take some video of how the creature hunt

Sincerely Lasse

Eunice sp.

 

[cracker]

I just looked at the pic again , No denying it.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Oh man, that's a beauty! Cool find.

 

[Stonekeg]

I have no idea why these things creep me out so bad. I'm normally not squeemish about this sort of thing, either. For example: Once in the Army I was woken up after a long night march to a training battle that got delayed just as we had arrived. My buddy was nudging me awake with a look of urgency on his face because he noticed there was a decent sized tarantula on my chest. What did I do? Nothing. In my mind he was just a lil guy looking to stay warm. I went back to sleep without even trying to find him a new spot. (I was bundled up, so he wasn't getting in my clothes)

Now, with that story in mind I can't understand why I am down right horrified by these bristle worms. TO THIS DAY I remember seeing one on the beach when I was very young and being freaked out by it. Moms boyfriend tried to go digging after it and I was like "NOPE" and just walked off. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Dancingmad]

I want one of these jokers. I would feed it whatever it wanted and name her Lilith!

Awesome find!

 

[mayanreefer71]

Did You get a definitive ID yet ? Very cool ,vary creepy animal. So a 1 foot carnivore can live how long with no fish losses ? I'm very curious about this part. It had to be eating something .
What creeps me is how big could one get? A 12 ft bobbit as big around as a telephone pole? Yikes!

Imagine a huge butt bobbit grabbing your arm while your in the tank rearranging things....yikes!

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Imagine a huge *** bobbit grabbing your arm while your in the tank rearranging things....yikes!

It's not my arm I'm worried about Lorena!

 

[Uhohhotdog]

How deep of a sandbed do you have to hide something that big?

 

[ZaneTer]

It's not my arm I'm worried about Lorena!

True but I hope you are unlikely to go dangling other parts of your anatomy in a tank. ;Nailbiting