Not identified worm

Palu · 09/02/2013, 08:15 PM

Hi I'm new to the hobby, had my tank running for one month now It's a 10 gal FOWLR levels 0 ammonia 0, nitrites have one chromis and one cinnamon clownfish, had some detritus and performed a 20% water change. Had some hitchhiker’s one mantis and one big starfish both were removed. Now my wife took this picture but we don't know what kind of worm is, please help me identify it.

Thank you

sellersmd · 09/03/2013, 07:05 AM

Bristle worm. NOT the dreaded fireworm. Good scavenger.

thegrun · 09/03/2013, 07:06 AM

It looks like a bristle worm or perhaps a fire worm, in either case a harmless scavenger (harmless unless you touch it in which case you will find out why they are called fire worms).

Palu · 09/03/2013, 08:50 AM

Thank you we would leave it in then. I wrote detritus but was diatoms.

Psicloner · 09/03/2013, 11:38 AM

Yeah just make sure you don't brush up against that sucker. Those little bristles are hard to get out!

Palu · 09/18/2013, 07:31 PM

Thanks a lot for the info, and sorry for the delayed reply. Last week I was cleaning the filter and found the little guy in it. Didn't make it.

Sugar Magnolia · 09/18/2013, 07:53 PM

Your cinnamon clown is going to need a much larger tank. They get fairly large at about 5-6".

MARINECRITTERS · 09/18/2013, 07:55 PM

Harmless bristleworm, also what sugar magnolia said.

Palu · 09/19/2013, 09:01 PM

Yeah little simon gona need new home, planning to get a 40 gal maybe a 60. Today found a new guy in one of the rocks here's the photo.

Thanks for your help

robotman · 09/20/2013, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palu

Thanks a lot for the info, and sorry for the delayed reply. Last week I was cleaning the filter and found the little guy in it. Didn't make it.

dont worry, there are alot more where he came from lol, my tanks got bristtle worms everywhere when i dont look and none to be found when i do, i think i over feed just a smidgen.

09/18/2013, 07:53 PM	#7
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Your cinnamon clown is going to need a much larger tank. They get fairly large at about 5-6". __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

09/18/2013, 07:55 PM	#8
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	Harmless bristleworm, also what sugar magnolia said. __________________ MarineCritters, life in the sea is superb Current Tank Info: 91 Gallon Reef

09/03/2013, 07:05 AM	#2
sellersmd Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 81	Bristle worm. NOT the dreaded fireworm. Good scavenger.

09/03/2013, 07:06 AM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	It looks like a bristle worm or perhaps a fire worm, in either case a harmless scavenger (harmless unless you touch it in which case you will find out why they are called fire worms).

09/03/2013, 08:50 AM	#4
Palu Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 21	Thank you we would leave it in then. I wrote detritus but was diatoms.

09/03/2013, 11:38 AM	#5
Psicloner Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Reno,NV Posts: 58	Yeah just make sure you don't brush up against that sucker. Those little bristles are hard to get out!

09/18/2013, 07:31 PM	#6
Palu Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 21	Thanks a lot for the info, and sorry for the delayed reply. Last week I was cleaning the filter and found the little guy in it. Didn't make it.