HELP, WORM I.D.

[RICKY81]

I was looking at the tank this afternoon and i noticed something crawling on the glass, i noticed that it was a worm about 1/2 inch long, no tentacles, no legs, just plain round and long almost like the ones used for fishing.... previously about 3-4days ago i saw a bigger one about the length of maybe 2 inch. long, but when i tunrned on the lights it quickly made its way into the rocks...this tank has been cycling for the past 2 1/2 weeks 210gal.... i used some LR that had been purchased from another maastard, and the one from my previous tanks.... i checked the levels and
ph 8.0, alk. 2, ammonia 0.25, nitrite .05, nitrate 10-20, temp 78
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[moe]

It looks like a small bristle worm. You have more in your rocks maybe a lot bigger than that one on the pic. No worries there dude.

[reddrum]

Doesn't look that warm to me

[RICKY81]

It looks like a small bristle worm. You have more in your rocks maybe a lot bigger than that one on the pic. No worries there dude.

no, its not a bristle worm. bristle are color orange, flat with tentacles on the side of the body. this one is round and has a double color (light brown on one side and like color white towards the tail)... i have had them and seen them and this one is not even close to a bristle worm other than just being a worm....

[rz1a]

small bristle worm.. ive had them spawn in my aquariums in the past and youll see some amazing stuff throughout the whole process.. anyways, looks like a baby

[RICKY81]

Doesn't look that warm to me


i get you now....sorry mis-spelled worm and not warm...lmao.

[moe]

small bristle worm.. ive had them spawn in my aquariums in the past and youll see some amazing stuff throughout the whole process.. anyways, looks like a baby

yeah it a pretty neat to see these sucker, sometimes I randomly put extra food just for them alone.

[corkyGramma]

small bristle worm.. ive had them spawn in my aquariums in the past and youll see some amazing stuff throughout the whole process.. anyways, looks like a baby
I had a bristtle worm problem in the winter. Last summer some hitched a ride on a medium frag, I had problems with them attacking some prized coral and then they multiplied! Instead of using that worm exit stuff I decided to give them a temperature treatment. I loaded all my live rock into several buckets and left them out side when I knew it would drop to 40ish, not only did the worms die but they were all at the bottom of the buckets:clown: (i counted over 50)

That way you get every last sucker out of your system without an ammonia mini cycle-Live rock was fine.

[jpond83]

do they swim around in the tank when they are little because i found something similar to that swimming around in my tank last night

[Texreefer]

A tiny bristle worm looks like a tiny bristle worm.. that is not a bristle worm in the terms that we refer to, however i'm sure it is some sort of polycheate as there are close to 10,000 different species. its a harmless part of the biodiversity of your tank

[moe]

A tiny bristle worm looks like a tiny bristle worm.. that is not a bristle worm in the terms that we refer to, however i'm sure it is some sort of polycheate as there are close to 10,000 different species. its a harmless part of the biodiversity of your tank

nonetheless it all in the same family.

[rz1a]

do they swim around in the tank when they are little because i found something similar to that swimming around in my tank last night

yes they go through a stage where they swim. ive seen them when theyre small and grow up since they end up in the sump in between silicone.

[RICKY81]

A tiny bristle worm looks like a tiny bristle worm.. that is not a bristle worm in the terms that we refer to, however i'm sure it is some sort of polycheate as there are close to 10,000 different species. its a harmless part of the biodiversity of your tank

WELL, i guess at the end its good to hear that it is harmless wether its a bristle (which i strongly disagree) or not a bristle worm....:whew:.......thanks for taking the time and imputing ur opinions.