Please help me identify this worm, is it bad?

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 01:36 PM

I just got new live rock and i found these 2 worms, please help me ID them, I look at some references and I just to make sure if they are harmful.

Thank you in advance

redfishblewfish · 03/27/2011, 01:44 PM

Looks like bristle worms to me.

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 01:53 PM

thanks, how can i make sure that the live rock to free of these? i read fresh water dip should do it, is that true?

funkejj · 03/27/2011, 01:55 PM

Why would you want to get rid of them? They are a good thing in the tank just don't touch them.

mktang · 03/27/2011, 01:57 PM

definitely bristle worms

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 01:57 PM

I thought that they eat corals and attach smaller fish?

funkejj · 03/27/2011, 02:01 PM

They clean up inside the rocks which is the man reason I wanted them in my tank. I have a 180 gallon tank full of corals and never had a bristle worm eat a single coral. I have never seen a worm go after a fish either. Do a few searches here for bristle worms some want them some don't.

funkejj · 03/27/2011, 02:11 PM

Read this article By Sk8r. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1924118

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 02:11 PM

thanks, it is confusing, as you said some are for them and some against. There are so many kinds, it is confusing. I don't mind them if they do no harm, I already learned a hard lesson from a green carpet anemone that eat 3 of my fish, the salesman forgot to mention that fact. anyways, I am trying to be extra careful.

Thanks again

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 02:19 PM

thanks Funkejj, great post.

aleonn · 03/27/2011, 03:07 PM

I used to think they were bad until I read Sk8r's posts a while back. Definitely leave it in as part of the CUC/detritus crew.

iso001 · 03/27/2011, 03:55 PM

i will. Thanks guys.

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03/27/2011, 01:44 PM	#2
redfishblewfish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 716	Looks like bristle worms to me.

03/27/2011, 01:53 PM	#3
iso001 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 6	thanks, how can i make sure that the live rock to free of these? i read fresh water dip should do it, is that true?

03/27/2011, 01:55 PM	#4
funkejj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 747	Why would you want to get rid of them? They are a good thing in the tank just don't touch them.

03/27/2011, 01:57 PM	#5
mktang Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 49	definitely bristle worms

03/27/2011, 02:01 PM	#7
funkejj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 747	They clean up inside the rocks which is the man reason I wanted them in my tank. I have a 180 gallon tank full of corals and never had a bristle worm eat a single coral. I have never seen a worm go after a fish either. Do a few searches here for bristle worms some want them some don't.

03/27/2011, 02:11 PM	#8
funkejj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 747	Read this article By Sk8r. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1924118

03/27/2011, 02:19 PM	#10
iso001 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 6	thanks Funkejj, great post.

03/27/2011, 03:07 PM	#11
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	I used to think they were bad until I read Sk8r's posts a while back. Definitely leave it in as part of the CUC/detritus crew.

03/27/2011, 03:55 PM	#12
iso001 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 6	i will. Thanks guys.