Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms

[tgill880@comcast.net]

The red worm in the pic is a pretty good match for what I found. They tend to 
stretch out and get _really stringy _. They are NOT segmented.

I'm not too worried. That's what an isolation tank is for, right?

Thurman

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: 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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