Fireworm?

[RedHairyGorilla]

Is this a fireworm or common bristleworm? Just snatched it out after it came out of a frag of mushrooms I got from LFS a few days ago.

 

[Mical]

looks like bristleworm

 

[RedHairyGorilla]

looks like bristleworm

Thanks. Will put it back in the tank then

 

[reef lover]

+1

 

[tdlawdo]

Thanks. Will put it back in the tank then

Looks like a bristle worm. I hate those things and am trying to have this new build without any of those! They are murderous marauders of the deep. Killing snails for sport and sustenance. Lol

 

[tdlawdo]

What’s your delineation...
Amphinomidae, also known as the bristle worms or sea mice, are a family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can cause great pain if their toxin-coated chaetae are touched or trodden on.

 

[reef lover]

They only eat whats dead and dying. Ive never seen a bristle worm attack something healthy...fireworms are a different story...

 

[tdlawdo]

They only eat whats dead and dying. Ive never seen a bristle worm attack something healthy...fireworms are a different story...

Well I have had those things in my nano 8 gal biocube in the past when I first got into the hobby and some were very long. Over a foot and even the 4-6 inch ones would literally lasso snails and drag them back to the rock and kill and eat them. I had to get some arrow crabs to get rid of them as best I could

 

[reef lover]

Probably not bristles in your case...

 

[tdlawdo]

Probably not bristles in your case...

Good to know I’m scouring the net now.