WARNING: Reef Plumbing Full of Bristle Worms

[143MPCo]

Don't show this to your better half your phone will fly across the room like mine just did!:mad:

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Don't show this to your better half your phone will fly across the room like mine just did!:mad:

LOLOL!!

 

[cracker]

With all respect, has this been verified in any way ? Seems to me a little far fetched.

 

[Oscaror]

WHAT? EXCUSE ME?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

With all respect, has this been verified in any way ? Seems to me a little far fetched.

You mean like video documentation?

 

[143MPCo]

Sounds like they lost some fish in a video, wonder if they got sucked into the overflow?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Sounds like they lost some fish in a video, wonder if they got sucked into the overflow?

That or the worms were fleeing something worse in the DT!

 

[143MPCo]

Show of hands; how many of you were checking your overflows right this minute?

 

[Sabellafella]

Show of hands; how many of you were checking your overflows right this minute?

LOL! there was a few times i bled my gate valve to get the junk out, has a couple bristle worms here and there. But that video takes the cake. There had to have ben 5 pounds of bristle worms to come out of that plumbing lol!

 

[cracker]

No guys I'm just sayin. those worms obviously aren't alive. The conversation sounds like the people are shocked . However If I was pulling all those putrid ,rotten worms out of the overflows ,I'd be hacking & gagging over the smell alone ! They seem a little nonchalant about it. There is a lot of stuff out there on the net . Also with it being that clogged it would have been overflowing long before it got that bad.Just sayin.

 

[143MPCo]

No guys I'm just sayin. those worms obviously aren't alive. The conversation sounds like the people are shocked . However If I was pulling all those putrid ,rotten worms out of the overflows ,I'd be hacking & gagging over the smell alone ! They seem a little nonchalant about it. There is a lot of stuff out there on the net . Just sayin.

...look at the video again, they most certainly look alive to me.

 

[143MPCo]

LOL! there was a few times i bled my gate valve to get the junk out, has a couple bristle worms here and there. But that video takes the cake. There had to have ben 5 pounds of bristle worms to come out of that plumbing lol!

...5lbs ground beef?

 

[TheEngineer]

...look at the video again, they most certainly look alive to me.

Me too.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I agree. They look alive to me.

 

[cracker]

Ok ,then why weren't they moving into the sump or where ever the drain led to, long before it got that bad ? It just looks a little too over the top to me.

 

[mjk250]

...5lbs ground beef?

I'll take a bristle burger with cheese please.

 

[143MPCo]

I'll take a bristle burger with cheese please.

Well done or medium rare ?

 

[mjk250]

might as well make it rare,

 

[Waterjockey]

Ugh. That was..........gross lol.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Ok ,then why weren't they moving into the sump or where ever the drain led to, long before it got that bad ? It just looks a little too over the top to me.

My guess is that there were plenty in the DT too. The video occurs after the plumbing had been removed (so they've already seen them before video starts which explains the lack of shock). It wouldn't surprise me that you could have a ton of bristle worms in a system without knowing exactly how overrun you've gotten. The worms would certainly hide for the most part...so staying in the drain doesn't surprise me...I'd be more surprised by someone hunting down enough bristle worms to stuff an overflow and fake a video. I'm guessing the tank is poorly maintained and they knew they had a bristle worm infestation but didn't realize how bad it had gotten.