Worms?

jvr1102 · 04/05/2008, 07:19 PM

So I wish I could get a pic of them but I noticed that I had some very small worms or something about an inch long. They are either brown or redish brown and white stripes across there body and it looks like they have a bunch of legs on them. Can't get a pic very small and can't really get them out most likely

BLKTANG · 04/05/2008, 07:21 PM

Sounds like a bristle worm.Good scavenger to have.

jvr1102 · 04/05/2008, 07:26 PM

Its body is like a bristle worm but the colors are different. Do they have many species? The pics I looked up of bristle worms have pretty much solid brown bodies, mine has white stripes across as well as brown.

bertoni · 04/05/2008, 08:01 PM

Can you post a picture? There are tens of thousands of species of bristleworms.

BLKTANG · 04/05/2008, 08:14 PM

could be a Hermodice carunculata,but those are pretty rare in our aquairums but possible.

Have you noticed any damaged coral?

rustynutzz · 04/05/2008, 08:15 PM

Are you sure the white stripes aren't the little rows of spikes? I thought they were stripes until closer inspection revealed the spikes. They are bristles most likely.

04/05/2008, 07:19 PM	#1
jvr1102 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 521	Worms? So I wish I could get a pic of them but I noticed that I had some very small worms or something about an inch long. They are either brown or redish brown and white stripes across there body and it looks like they have a bunch of legs on them. Can't get a pic very small and can't really get them out most likely

04/05/2008, 07:21 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	Sounds like a bristle worm.Good scavenger to have. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

04/05/2008, 08:01 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Can you post a picture? There are tens of thousands of species of bristleworms. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/05/2008, 08:14 PM	#5
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	could be a Hermodice carunculata,but those are pretty rare in our aquairums but possible. Have you noticed any damaged coral? __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

04/05/2008, 07:26 PM	#3
jvr1102 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 521	Its body is like a bristle worm but the colors are different. Do they have many species? The pics I looked up of bristle worms have pretty much solid brown bodies, mine has white stripes across as well as brown.

04/05/2008, 08:15 PM	#6
rustynutzz Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 65	Are you sure the white stripes aren't the little rows of spikes? I thought they were stripes until closer inspection revealed the spikes. They are bristles most likely.