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    Water centipede??

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    Is there water centipede?

    Found one like that, many legs, small size about 1 inch in my shrimp tank......

    No camera now so no pictures, will do so ASAP.

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    Re: Water centipede??

    i guess it is bristle worm which appears in shrimpong's tank and mine .
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    Re: Water centipede??

    These large sized worms are bad for tanks. They are aggressive predators and have extremely quick movement so they can catch shrimps, snails and even fishes to eat. I have caught 3 in my tank now. The longest was 12 inches.

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    Re: Water centipede??

    mine is around 10 cm, i feed it with flat worm i caught in my shrimp rack.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    how you guys catch this thing???

    Just saw a big one, about 3 or 4 inches, when i want to catch it, it just wriggle into the soil, pretty fast fellow....

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    Re: Water centipede??

    hehe, i catch it out when i decomm my 3 feet tank. its now live in a shot glass with some subtract and some moss
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    Re: Water centipede??

    ya thats what i am thinking, must really clear the tank to catch it, no choice......
    do not want my shrimps to be the food, damn worm.

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    Re: Water centipede??

    I've never seen a bristleworm in a freshwater tank before, could one of you guys take a few pictures and post please?

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    Re: Water centipede??

    Brother Fuzzy, will try to take a clear photo tonight.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    Is that Mr. Bristleworm in the picture?
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    Re: Water centipede??

    nope, not in it. all new soil. its in a chicken essence bottle with some old soil.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    You say it will eat flatworm, interesting....

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    Re: Water centipede??

    i don't know. seem that the flat worm i put inside all gone. so i presume that the bristle worm eats them.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    Quote Originally Posted by eviltrain View Post
    hehe, i catch it out when i decomm my 3 feet tank. its now live in a shot glass with some subtract and some moss
    Me thinks you meant substrate/

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    Re: Water centipede??

    yesh, me mean what you think. haha
    have been looking out in the internet, seems that all believe that that there's no such thing as freshwater bristle worm.

    ok found, Polychaete is the latin name. generally marine life.
    but its still not studied.
    Last edited by eviltrain; 14th Apr 2010 at 17:54.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    any idea how it got into your tanks? Driftwoods?

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    Re: Water centipede??

    no idea.it was in the 3 feet tank which i have decomm-ed. i took over the whole tank set from another forumer.
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    Re: Water centipede??

    I saw that worm catching my small snails so I intervene but the worm really run fast and hide in the soil again

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    Re: Water centipede??

    latest conclusion, i just saw it top of the soil, so very fast i put my hand in, the worm sense the movement and disappear again, i wonder they have eyes or what, but they are sensitive, only way to catch them is by decomm the tank.

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    Re: Water centipede??

    http://www.netpets.org/fish/referenc...f/bristle.html

    Okay, the pictures looks like what i saw in my tank.

    the above link shows how to remove them using traps.

    funny part is all was ben mention about marine type.

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