Bristleworm or fireworm?

[the_chef_pierre]

Still new to saltwater here and trying to figure out of these little worms I saw come out tonight from my liverock in my newly setup but not yet stocked tank are bristleworms or fireworks? Havent stocked a CUC yet. Should I leave them be?

 

[Euphyllia97]

Looks a bit like a fireworm to me...

 

[the_chef_pierre]

Darn. Hoping its not. Sorry it was hard to get a pic of it before it ran into the rock. Pretty much saw 2 of them so far, but there fairly small. Saw them on the sandbed first, only about a half inch long and not super thick.

 

[reef lover]

Looks like a bristle.
Here's an awesome pic of a bristle and fireworm next to each other for comparison...

 

[the_chef_pierre]

Thanks for this. Yeah i can definitely see the difference in size when you compare them together like that. Pretty sure its definitely bristleworms. Should I just leave them for now or try to get rid of them since i havent stocked any coral or fish or CUC in the tank yet?

 

[the_chef_pierre]

Just got a better pic of one of them that ended up coming out to poke around. So bristleworm for sure? Good to leave?

 

[Lorenzo Angotti]

Hi, me personally get rid now, as you haven’t stocked anything at the moment otherwise it becomes difficult. He is a link that shows you how.

 

[the_chef_pierre]

Awesome. Thanks for this, I will likely definitely try this out. Really hoping I only have 2 or 3 that I saw and nowhere near as many as were in the vid

 

[Euphyllia97]

Okay, just a normal bristleworm Actually good to have in your tank

 

[clm65]

Okay, just a normal bristleworm Actually good to have in your tank

Agree. They will be part of you cleanup crew. But you may need to throw a little bit of food in there to keep them alive until you stock your tank.

 

[reef lover]

Theyre good...eat left over food and fish poop.

 

[CoralReefer1019]

get a halichores wrasse or just leave them