Bobbit Worm Reef Safe

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Bobbit worm reef safe. Found in warmer oceans around the world it buries itself into sediment leaving only its mouth exposed with its huge scissor like jaws open wide. The bobbit worm bobbitt or giant reef worm eunice aphroditois is a kind of annelid polychaete of the eunicidae family it lives on the ocean floor where it buries its body in a bed of sand gravel mud or corals. At night danger lurks in the coral reef. Beware the bobbit worm.

The worm is found in depths between 10 meters and 40 meters. Arrow crabs these are not generally considered reef safe though and they will not stand a chance against larger examples of bobbit worms. Jun 7 2019 4. Most of the long body remains buried in the sand mud or gravel where it lives.

I would say that a bobbit worm is even more worrying than the dreaded mantis shrimp. I have seen videos of huge bobbit worms in reef tanks but they are mostly found in the live rock holding tank of l ocal f ish s tores. 4 the bobbit worm is found mostly in the warmer regions of the earth. If its reef safe i guess i wouldn t be opposed to keeping it.

I have had a pretty large bobbit worm in my tank which i had noticed about 6 months ago. Might even spot feed it lol. They are mostly found in the indo pacific and atlantic oceans. Nasty bobbit worm hello all i must share this.

I just googled and read a thread that all bobbit worms were bad. This sucker has been around for a while now sometime w coral frenzy it pokes his lil head out. Care should be taken when adding livestock to take care of a pest problem. What color are yours.

I try to avoid having these crawly things in my tank altogether so i ll leave it to others to identify what it actually is. Doesn t look like a bobbit worm. 3 the worm can grow up to a length of almost 10 feet. Five antennae protruding from its head act like tripwires.

The bobbit worm is a very weird and interesting marine species so you should take advantage of this opportunitty to learn all about what we have for you about it. At night danger lurks in the coral reef. If a fish should accidentally brush past one of them it has mere milliseconds to flee. If i had to guess i would say it is at least 3 ft long.

Anyways i have a year old 20g long mixed reef with 2 newly added clownfish babies i know a lot of you feel bobbit worms are lovely and caring animals but sorry mine just isn t the best. In fact the mantis shrimp probably has nightmares about the bobbit worm in its sleep.