Bristleworm spawning - Could be?

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SeaDude

[While puttering about my tank today, I noticed something I've never seen before. Several large bristleworms (6-12 inches) would poke their heads out and spew hot pink goo into the water or on the rocks. Lots of bristleworms started crawling out and I nabbed several large ones who have also goo'ed in the jar I have them in.

Anyone know anything about this?

Is this spawning or a stress reaction?]
 
[You just witnessed a spawning event. I've been there, but getting a picture at the right nano-second was beyond my ability that day.

However, today as I ripped out mushrooms by the roots, I found a pretty big one nestled in a crevice of LR. I pulled it out with forceps, looked at it, then released it in the back of my rockwork. He'll live to spawn another day.]
 
[That's neat that you witnessed them spawning! I used to have a 12"er that I fed shrimp pellets to. It would just engulf the whole pellets one right after another, just like a vacume cleaner. :lol: It was one of my favorite critters. You gotta watch you don't accidentally grab those big ones by hand when messing around in the tank, though. I grabbed one a week ago Sunday and my finger is still swollen and the skin has peeled off the track mark the worm left behind. :shocked: Like insect stings, they get worse the more you get stung. I used to not be affected by them at all. This last time I actually thought I might have to seriously consider the emergency room! :(]
 
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