Morty Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 I've got a 40G Breeder cycling with just Amazonia and moss and I find this swimming around this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 That is a centipede! It's living in your tank?! Or it fell in and is dying? I didn't think there were any aquatic centipedes. Where did you get that moss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morty Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 I thought he was dead. But I touched him with a net and he took off. The moss is from another tank. Not new. I wasn't sure if it was a terrestrial centipede or a larvae of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 This is really crazy! Do you have any other photos? In the meantime, be careful. It is quite likely venomous. I have a few entomologist friends, so I will ask around. Apparently (Google tells me) they recently discovered the first ever aquatic centipede in Thailand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmiko Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Ahh!! Take it out and destroy it(or set it free) lots of bugs fall into my cycling tank it's really gross. I get all kinds of spiders and flies that I find lifeless on the gravel ? That centipede is probably breathing underwater with some air bubbles that were trapped under its abdomen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 I think it probably fell in too, but if it didn't and it's truly aquatic this could be an amazing find. Don't kill yet, especially since you have nothing else in the tank for it to harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanSan Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 This is the bristle worm of the freshwater world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 I wasn't aware there was a fw bristleworm? I've only seen info on sw ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 This is not a bristleworm (though freshwater polychaetes do exist). It is 100% a centipede. Probably fell into the tank and will die soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 On 8/8/2016 at 11:50 AM, Morty said: I've got a 40G Breeder cycling with just Amazonia and moss and I find this swimming around this morning! Hey Morty, is your centipede still alive? Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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