Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms

[haika@drizzle.com]

If it's not too tiny, we have a nice camera set up where I can take
digital photos of things viewed through a dissecting scope.

Betty Goetz

> Yeah, I guess. All kinds of stuff gets growing in the aquatic ecosystem.
>
> I have some weird little mite in with my Peacock Gudgeon fry. The bug
> tends
> to hang out in the mulm. I'm wondering if they are a good food source to
> the
> tiny fry. I'll bring some to Steev at the next board meeting. Does anyone
> have a good computer microscope, or regular microscope? Betty?
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of tgill880@comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 11:41 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>
> 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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