Tenticles from the deep... - Aquarium Advice

Ayesha97 · 03-19-2005, 11:02 PM

I have at least two sets of long tenticles that come up from my sandy/crushed coral substrate bottom. Anyone have any idea what these could be? I know that there's a sea cucumber crawling around somewhere under the sand- havent' seen him since the first month since I put him in. I seeded the sand bed with some live sand from the [acronym:f8aef09da3="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:f8aef09da3]. I have noticed many little brittle stars and other small [acronym:f8aef09da3="copepods, amphipods, etc"]pods[/acronym:f8aef09da3] living in the sand. But not quite sure what these tenticles belong to.

Got any ideas???

Thanks

Fluff · 03-19-2005, 11:24 PM

could be spaghetti worms. They live in the sandbed also.

quarryshark · 03-20-2005, 12:13 AM

Agree, I have them too. They seem to dig small mounds and sprout out through them.

03-19-2005, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ayesha97 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 295	Tenticles from the deep... I have at least two sets of long tenticles that come up from my sandy/crushed coral substrate bottom. Anyone have any idea what these could be? I know that there's a sea cucumber crawling around somewhere under the sand- havent' seen him since the first month since I put him in. I seeded the sand bed with some live sand from the [acronym:f8aef09da3="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:f8aef09da3]. I have noticed many little brittle stars and other small [acronym:f8aef09da3="copepods, amphipods, etc"]pods[/acronym:f8aef09da3] living in the sand. But not quite sure what these tenticles belong to. Got any ideas??? Thanks __________________ Marlin: Okay, a mollusk walks up to this sea cucumber, well he doesn't actually walk, he's just there, and he turns to the sea cucumber, and... Well, wait, there's a mollusk and a sea cucumber and... Chum: You know for a clown fish, he's not that funny.

03-19-2005, 11:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fluff Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 9,421 Images: 29	could be spaghetti worms. They live in the sandbed also. __________________ ~Cindy Join the W. MD/WV Regional Forum Here

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03-20-2005, 12:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
quarryshark Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,381 Images: 53	Agree, I have them too. They seem to dig small mounds and sprout out through them.