Bristleworm or ????

[Hunt3r]

Im not sure if i have a bristleworm or other kind of worm. I was feeding my tank and saw this thing came from my lr in and out of it.

 

[saltyphish]

Does not look like a bristle worm to me. I would remove it if possible

 

[loweryphil]

I also have something similar. It let go and started floating around my tank and my clown thought it was food. The clown went into some sort of fit jerking about and let go and it landed back on the rock. I imagine them spikes sting. Bristle worm for me but unsure.

 

[jenreefer]

Pics are too blurry for a good ID. Bobbit worms have thick appendages and and bristleworms have lots of tiny bristles sticking out all over.

Here is a guide with pics
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I also have something similar. It let go and started floating around my tank and my clown thought it was food. The clown went into some sort of fit jerking about and let go and it landed back on the rock. I imagine them spikes sting. Bristle worm for me but unsure.

That was probably an epitoke from a bristleworm. They swim.

The OP's is a bristleworm, as it has bristles. There are tonnes of different varieties, so don't get too caught up in IDing them specifically.

 

[Hunt3r]

That was probably an epitoke from a bristleworm. They swim.

The OP's is a bristleworm, as it has bristles. There are tonnes of different varieties, so don't get too caught up in IDing them specifically.

Is it the good one or bad? If its the bad one how can i remove it? Will a six line eat it?

 

[jenreefer]

Bristleworms are good as long as they do not overpopulate your tank. No known predators. Sixline will not eat it.

 

[Roboson]

Bristleworms are good as long as they do not overpopulate your tank. No known predators. Sixline will not eat it.

Not true. Coral banded shrimp and arrow crabs are renowned bristle worm hunters.

Also, I think bristleworms are evil. Because they are [emoji51]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I love my bristles! So did my CB.

 

[Roboson]

Do CBs do well in smaller tanks? Or are they like 30+?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Mine was super mean. He would pinch onto the foxface and have the fish drag him across the tank. I swear after some years he owned 1/3rd of a 60 gallon.

 

[jenreefer]

Not true. Coral banded shrimp and arrow crabs are renowned bristle worm hunters.

Also, I think bristleworms are evil. Because they are [emoji51]

Wow, I must have had a dud, my CBS never did anything but wait for me to drop him morsels. I even had an arrow crab at one point in the past and do not remember him eating them either. But that is good to know. Thanks for educating me.

 

[Hunt3r]

So far it hasnt touch any corals in my tank. And i think i only have one of these. I have so a lot of spaghetti worms in which my snails and crabs are fighting for scraps.

 

[CoralManz]

Arrow crabs will also feast on them

 

[elfda]

Is it the good one or bad? If its the bad one how can i remove it? Will a six line eat it?

Six line will totally eat it; they're fine in small numbers. My tanks, at work, have them.
I overfeeding will increase their numbers (and since my coworkers like to give way too much food, I spend a day every month or so picking out all the worms I can find, and I have two 6-lines and an arrow crab in there), but they're part of a healthy cleanup crew.