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11/13/2007, 11:09 PM
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ID Needed - Small red and green dotted worms in sand?
So for the past few weeks I have what I first thought was just some red stringy type algae growing out of the sand in one spot. Today, my hermit decided to hang out there and I got a new camera so I was taking some close ups and realized that these things may be alive!
Here is a picture, and also a video so you can see that they are moving around. At first I thought they were just moving with the current, but now think that they may be alive. IMAGE  VIDEO  What the heck are they?
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11/13/2007, 11:41 PM
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Ok, so I was searching around Nano-Reef.com and saw someone else said that spaghetti worms can come in red or green. Are these spaghetti worms? Are they harmless?
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11/14/2007, 02:15 AM
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Those are the gills and possibly also the feeding tentacles of cirratulid polychaete worms (called spagetti worms by reefers). They're both harmless & beneficial as they're detritus eaters who help keep tanks clean.
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11/14/2007, 12:09 PM
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It's welcome in my tank!
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