Bright Yellow/orange worm

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I have looked but have found nothing on this creature.

Gets super long as it stretches out. Moves lightening fast. Extremely photosensitive. Has legs at each segment. Legs appear to have pincers at each end. No noticeable mouth pieces. Can see the eyes. Moves like a snake when hunting. It will actually pick up it’s head and scan the area in front of it. I have seen it actively hunt nassarius snails. And the dang thing learns. You fail to catch it with one set up it will not fall for it again. Creepy cunning for a dang worm. Removed one a little more than a week ago. Removed two more when I broke down my tank to move to a new tank. Weirdest part it appears to spin a web almost like cacoon that it will attach to rocks and move through or hide in. The webbing is very pliable but extremely strong for as thin as it is. Reminds me of silk worm webbing. Piece of webbing is the white blob in center of one picture.

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A few close up photos. Sorry they’re not great it wouldn’t stay still even out of water. Got a close up of the piece of webbing too. Seems to contain a lot of slime inside the tunnel.

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It looks from the Nereididae family
 
Check out this thread

 
Did u order softies from penny at aqua coral?? I got 2 of these from a snowflake sinularia they sent me....
 
I emailed her and let her know...shes flushing her system now...i just remembered u ordering and this post and figured its a good chance thats where u got them from ..
 
I emailed her and let her know...shes flushing her system now...i just remembered u ordering and this post and figured its a good chance thats where u got them from ..


Yup. Thanks. I had figured they’d come in on one of my transshipped orders even though they aren’t native to where I’d ordered from.
 

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