Friend or Foe????

[GR808]

Ok, as I was having my regular WC as I do every 2 weeks, I noticed some funky colors in my refugium caught up in my cheato was some worms. About 5 of them I got out but the longest was about 2.5 inches. I thought it was bristle worms but it didn't look like them.
Any thoughts or ID's folk? appreciate it.

 

[Scoly]

Maybe a fire worm?

 

[GR808]

R fireworms good?

 

[303travism]

I think it's just a bristle worm looks just like the ones I find in my fug I might be wrong but I think "fire worm" is just another name of a bristle worm

 

[Scuba George]

I think they can eat your snails


I need gills *_*

 

[GR808]

Guess I should be taking them out. If they eat snails they wouldn't be very good for a CUC... Dangerous to corals?

 

[mallorieGgator]

Friend! Detritus eating bristle worm. They only eat dead stuff and left over food. They will sting you if you touch them.

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[BarbH]

Fire worm is another name for bristle worm. Most of them are benifical, hopefully someone can verify if this is one of the good ones. ^^ There we are posted while posting mine

 

[Aquaph8]

Look the same as mine, Ive never had them hurt anything.

 

[GR808]

Sounds great. I'll try it out and leave them in the fuge. I'll remember that they sting, I'm sure it must be nasty. Thanks for all the feedback folks. appreciate it alot

 

[mallorieGgator]

If you don't want as many, cut back on feeding your tank.

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[Scuba George]

To me "fire worm" would describe the bad types of bristle worms check this out http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestbworm/a/aa102198.htm


I need gills *_*

 

[mallorieGgator]

They all eat detritus. You're thinking of a eunicid worm. Those eat snails and corals.

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[GR808]

Funny thing is they just appeared out of nowhere?? but how??

 

[Scuba George]

Yea I would call a eunicid, a fire worm. Unless your calling it fire worm because it can burn you. I though he was asking about a eunicid . Miscommunication sorry


I need gills *_*

 

[Scuba George]

Hitchhiker


I need gills *_*

 

[GR808]

I haven't added anything to my tank in quite some time. especially LR.

 

[Scuba George]

Prob there the whole time you just didn't notice and there's more there now than you think. They come out when lights are off.


I need gills *_*

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Trust me if something dies in your tank and you don't have any your in trouble. But if you really don't want the getting you a arrow crap they love them. Arrow crabs will take care of the rest of your clean up crew to. Including your snails. I have about a hundred in my fuge that get most of the food that gets blown into my overflow when I turn my return pump back on after feeding. When something dies they will make short work of it.

 

[GR808]

got it. they're good stuff.. thanks for the clarification