6" Centipide with spikes!

[shogun1964]

I saw this thing crawling on the bottom of my tank and it looks like a Centipide with spikes, what is it?

 

[Slayvoff]

I would freak out if I saw that creeping in my tank. This solidifies my choice to go with dry rock when building my tank

 

[ebushrow]

Bristle worm...part of your cuc....might want to remove as they get big and cause trouble at times

 

[Tahoe61]

Bristle worm.

BTW you can start with all the dry rock you want, a bristle worm will make it into your tank through frags unless you're diligent in QT everything that goes into your tank and removing all else but the coral, or clam....

 

[SnapBackReeef]

Definitely a bristle worms. I would keep all of them they are fantastic cleaners. Remove all of the big ones. If your doing maintenance in your tank those fibers can get stuck in your hand and cause a reaction! Kill the big ones save the little ones!

 

[TvanB1]

Yup, bristleworms.
Valuable part of the clean up crew. I have some big ones in my tank. They have never bothered me.

 

[GoPitt88]