Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

I think we had some photos in the newsletter a few months back of this type of 
worm.
They appear to be an Annelid. It could be a large Limnodrilus species (family
Tubificidae). They don't have much structure that can easily be detected with 
the naked
eye (other than a general worm-like shape).

Take a look at this picture:
http://www.wissenschaft-online.de/sixcms/media.php/591/limnodrilus_frei.jpg
(cut and Paste link if necessary)

Steev


--- Tom Watson <onefish2fish@comcast.net> wrote:

> If you can get a picture I will be able to tell.  If they are Tubifex, it is 
> quite common for them seek refuge in the gravel or plant roots if they 
> escape the fish during a live feeding.  There are always a few that survive 
> the drop from the feeder to the gravel.  They can live for months in an 
> aquarium and can be passed to other aquariums on the roots of plants.  They 
> are completely harmless and will eventually get eaten by the fish in the 
> tank.
> Tom
> West Hyblos Creek Drainage
> Washington State
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
> To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" 
> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
> 
> 
> > No Tom, they are nothing like blackworms. Blackworms have rings, these are
> > like hose with fluid and cannot support their structure like blackworms 
> > can.
> > I can send you picture if you like. Maybe someone through the Salmon 
> > project
> > you work with might know what they are? Steev?
> >
> > Susan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Tom Watson
> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:08 PM
> > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
> >
> > Probably not tubifex then.  They resemble black worms (except for color).
> > Tom
> > West Hyblos Creek Drainage
> > Washington State
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
> > To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'"
> > <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
> >
> >
> >>I feed black worms and they're nothing like this worm. It's stringy like
> >> snot, and then it's alive and can move, but can't do anything out of
> >> water,
> >> like the blackworms squiggle.
> >>
> >> Susan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> >> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Tom Watson
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:19 AM
> >> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> >> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
> >>
> >> Probably Tubifex left over from live feeding.  If so they are harmless.
> >> Tom
> >> West Hyblos Creek Drainage
> >> Washington State
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: <tgill880@comcast.net>
> >> To: "GSAS Email List" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:55 PM
> >> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
> >>
> >>
> >>>I bought a bunch of plants at todays auction. I set them in my isolation
> >>>tank, and see several plants had red worms in the roots. Could someone
> >>>please explain what they are, and if they would be a problem in my
> >>>community planted aqaurium?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a bunch.
> >>>  


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