ID of this Centipede Looking Thing

bumpbailey · 01/25/2010, 01:45 PM

Any ideas as to what this little critter is? Any danger in a mixed reef with SPS and LPS?

MalHavoc · 01/25/2010, 01:48 PM

It looks like a bristle worm to me. A harmless detrivore, and quite beneficial to a reef tank.

Octoshark · 01/25/2010, 01:52 PM

Hi, you already asked this and received some answers

Here is the link to the thread you created:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1781583

Someone fixed the posting issue for you

gacon711 · 01/25/2010, 01:55 PM

+ 1 for bristle worm

moonyrat · 01/25/2010, 04:16 PM

is yours similar to this one?

five O · 01/25/2010, 05:23 PM

Defiantly a Bristle worm. You can consider it part of your clean up crew. They will eat dead fish / and left over food. They can get pretty long tho. Just make sure you don't touch them with bare hands. Their Bristles will break off in your skin, kind of like a bee sting.

Nykademus · 01/25/2010, 06:46 PM

+1 for bristle worm. If they irritate your skin with their "barbs" when touching them, vinegar helps to neutralize the sting, as well as hot water.

Their population is also directly effected by how much you are feeding the tank. If you are seeing an explosion of them, you may be feeding too much.

I always found them to be a welcome part of the clean up crew as well.

bumpbailey · 01/26/2010, 12:23 PM

Thank you for the feedback all! It is the only one I have ever seen and actually found it in my sump on a frag plug.....feel bad now as I ended up flushing it down the sink.

Irieone 311 · 01/26/2010, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bumpbailey

Thank you for the feedback all! It is the only one I have ever seen and actually found it in my sump on a frag plug.....feel bad now as I ended up flushing it down the sink.

dont feel bad, there are probably lots more in there that you dont even know about as they usually come out at night (from what i have read and been told) and they do get pretty big sometimes and along with being part of your "clean up crew" can eat clams and sometimes some corals. i just bought a rock that is loaded with them and im po'd about it as i have a flame scallop that i have had for quite while despite the theory that they dont do well in captivity and to be honest they creep me out. i dont like em!!!

lordofthereef · 01/26/2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bumpbailey

Thank you for the feedback all! It is the only one I have ever seen and actually found it in my sump on a frag plug.....feel bad now as I ended up flushing it down the sink.

IME for every one you see you have about five more to replace it LOL

01/25/2010, 01:45 PM	#1
bumpbailey Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 69	ID of this Centipede Looking Thing Any ideas as to what this little critter is? Any danger in a mixed reef with SPS and LPS?

01/25/2010, 01:48 PM	#2
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	It looks like a bristle worm to me. A harmless detrivore, and quite beneficial to a reef tank. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

01/25/2010, 01:52 PM	#3
Octoshark Marine Biology Student Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,366	Hi, you already asked this and received some answers Here is the link to the thread you created: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1781583 Someone fixed the posting issue for you __________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

01/25/2010, 01:55 PM	#4
gacon711 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 50	+ 1 for bristle worm __________________ The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it Current Tank Info: 280g reef system, 75g FW

01/25/2010, 04:16 PM	#5
moonyrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 180	is yours similar to this one?

01/25/2010, 05:23 PM	#6
five O Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 152	Defiantly a Bristle worm. You can consider it part of your clean up crew. They will eat dead fish / and left over food. They can get pretty long tho. Just make sure you don't touch them with bare hands. Their Bristles will break off in your skin, kind of like a bee sting.

01/25/2010, 06:46 PM	#7
Nykademus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 530	+1 for bristle worm. If they irritate your skin with their "barbs" when touching them, vinegar helps to neutralize the sting, as well as hot water. Their population is also directly effected by how much you are feeding the tank. If you are seeing an explosion of them, you may be feeding too much. I always found them to be a welcome part of the clean up crew as well.

01/26/2010, 12:23 PM	#8
bumpbailey Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 69	Thank you for the feedback all! It is the only one I have ever seen and actually found it in my sump on a frag plug.....feel bad now as I ended up flushing it down the sink.