Noireatsbear
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First of all, thank you those who helped me identified some critters that i posted a few hours ago.
Second, im not sure if im supposed to post this here, if not, i apologize in advance. Edit: should have been specific with the title. Should have been 'potential issue with bristle worms?'
(Skip to the 2nd to last paragraph to get to my point and concern)
I am a beginner to saltwater. I currently have a 12 gallon fluval fish only saltwater tank that i started about 6 months ago and i got a 40 breeder as an upgrade (currently still in the works of setting it up).
I bought some aquacultured live rocks from kp aquatics and due to lack of space in my crammed 500 sq ft apartment, i had almost no choice but to dump the rocks straight into my new 40 breeder.
At first i saw a couple of dead shrimps and maybe a dead brittle starfish. Then i saw a huge bristle worm which by the way, freaked me out. Upon closer inspection of my tank, i noticed there were at least 4 baby bristle worms. Should i be worried of an infestation? I also noticed a few more unidentified critters all of which have worm-like physical attributes. Here are some pictures and sorry for some bad quality pictures.
I would also appreciate someone identifying the critter under the large bristle worm and also the 2 critters in the picture with the 3 red circles. Thank you everyone in advance for helping me out.
Second, im not sure if im supposed to post this here, if not, i apologize in advance. Edit: should have been specific with the title. Should have been 'potential issue with bristle worms?'
(Skip to the 2nd to last paragraph to get to my point and concern)
I am a beginner to saltwater. I currently have a 12 gallon fluval fish only saltwater tank that i started about 6 months ago and i got a 40 breeder as an upgrade (currently still in the works of setting it up).
I bought some aquacultured live rocks from kp aquatics and due to lack of space in my crammed 500 sq ft apartment, i had almost no choice but to dump the rocks straight into my new 40 breeder.
At first i saw a couple of dead shrimps and maybe a dead brittle starfish. Then i saw a huge bristle worm which by the way, freaked me out. Upon closer inspection of my tank, i noticed there were at least 4 baby bristle worms. Should i be worried of an infestation? I also noticed a few more unidentified critters all of which have worm-like physical attributes. Here are some pictures and sorry for some bad quality pictures.
I would also appreciate someone identifying the critter under the large bristle worm and also the 2 critters in the picture with the 3 red circles. Thank you everyone in advance for helping me out.
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