Bristle Worm Spawn

[Yancey]

Today I was remodeling the rocks in my refugium and I shook two rocks in the back covered in detrius. This in turn caused my entire water volume to cloud up rather badly. I then noticed over the course of 1-2 minutes several bristle worms pop out of the rocks, wave their butts in the air and shoot red "stuff" into the water. Of course I freaked out, and grabbed the turkey baster and attempted to suck all of it out and didn't get pictures.. crap-ola.

But I read a little on RC, and this seems not be harmful and isn't an unheard of phenom. Anyone here seen this happen?

[brewercm]

Sounds like they are trying out for next years Super Bowl half time show to me.

Actually never seen this before with any of mine.

[eleyan]

Hey, if they reproduce and you end up with too many, I'll take some off your hands. Need to feed my sleeper goby. Poor guy is getting too skinny

[Jenn]

I have these weird worms that come out at feeding time and I wonder if they are bristleworms. They have a grey section on their pinkish body and have these thorny-looking edges on their sides. I sometimes catch them and feed them to my triggers. Are these the same worm you are talking about?

[Yancey]

Yes Jenn, those are the same type of worms. These, I believe, are fire worms. They are mostly reddish with white tufts of bristles along the sides. I also have a different type of worm that is more white and has an irridescent streak down the center.

[SuperXdude]

I've heard for every bristleworm you see, there are 5-6 others you don't....

True?