More strange things

[leon]

Im STILL finding allsorts of thing coming off of the L.R, even though ive not added anything for ages, this morning i saw what i think is either a flatworm or a nudibranch, it was about 2.5" long jetblack with tiny white spots all over it, (looks like the pics of flatworms ive seen colouration wise)
but it had 2 like antenae on the front and a like a fan/flower on the rear
And just, as i was looking with a torch again ) (get a life leon!!) saw what looked like a huge bristleworm swimming in the water, its about 12" long, very thin with bristles or something on the first 1 - 2" swam very gracefully, i caught it, took photos put it back swam for a little bit more then got taken into the weir, then durso via bio-balls, dodged the mantis shrimp, thats taken residence in the first compartment under the bio-balls, then was just swimming around the sump. Is it a bristleworm? what about the first thing?
pics,

best pic i could get of this, but you can see the front and rear protrusions

worm in a dish

swimming in main tank

swimming in sump

Cheers,
Leon

 

[leon]

LOL you can just see the mantis shrimp in tha gap of the first compartment ( just above heater in pic), he did have ago but it was too thin and slippery i suppose,
leon

 

[impur]

Well can't tell from the first pic, i would guess nudi.

The worm is freaky looking. Possibly a bristleworm, but it would have bristles all down its body. Also, i've never seen one swim in the water column like that. You might take that pic over to Dr. Ron at reefcentral. Hes a wiz with stuff like this.

 

[1152 Flying Fish]

Were you eating spagitii while cleaning your tank and one slipped in acedently?
other than that i couldt tell ya.

 

[Ed4567]

Sounds like a spawning worm:

http/www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=epitoke

 

[Aquascaper]

First one sounds like a Nudibranch, the rear 'fan' is used for gas exchange and is a bit of a giveaway. Best to ID it properly though as some are not nice (I had one which died in my tank and killed all my soft corals and snails) and can have very specialised feeding requirements.

HTH