HELP! ID NOW please!!!

Eienna · Jul 17, 2013

I just got my new corals settled and a worm I've never seen came out of my rocks. I want an ID before it eats my new babies!

Fragmentationslv · Jul 17, 2013

No big deal they won't harm your coral !

Eienna · Jul 17, 2013

Fragmentationslv said:
No big deal they won't harm your coral !

So...what is it, then? Bristleworm maybe?

Fragmentationslv · Jul 17, 2013

Flatworm

Fragmentationslv · Jul 17, 2013

Yes also called a bristle worm

Eienna · Jul 17, 2013

Don't some flatworms eat coral?

I have to be sure. I can't really replace these

Fragmentationslv · Jul 17, 2013

This guy won't eat your coral I have them in my tank too, they are just ugly that's all

Wrx5803 · Jul 17, 2013

Looks like a bristle worm. Flat worms are usually alot smaller. There are many types of flat worms but that is def a bristle and is coral safe.

Fragmentationslv · Jul 17, 2013

I agree with wrx

Eienna · Jul 17, 2013

Whew! Why they picked now to emerge is anyone's guess. Maybe they just like scaring the life outta people.

Eienna · Jul 17, 2013

At least the worms turned out to be safe. :/ I just spotted a new aiptasia nem this morning that I now have to get rid of.

Mike J. · Jul 17, 2013

Eienna, you do know that flatworms and bristleworms are not the same, right. What you have is a bristleworm, the harmless type.

Fragmentationslv · Jul 18, 2013

Yes they are not the same but so many people call bristle worms flat worms , I just was not going to explain it all.

NanaReefer · Jul 18, 2013

Fragmentationslv said:
Yes they are not the same but so many people call bristle worms flat worms , I just was not going to explain it all.

...after 4yrs in the hobby I have NEVER heard a Bristle Worm referred as being called a Flat Worm.
What forums you hanging out on? Lol

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KoleTang · Jul 18, 2013

NanaReefer said:
...after 4yrs in the hobby I have NEVER heard a Bristle Worm referred as being called a Flat Worm.
What forums you hanging out on? Lol

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+1. Except longer for me :sure: (This is me impersonating "tough guy veterans" on other forums LOL)

Eienna · Jul 18, 2013

Mike J. said:
Eienna, you do know that flatworms and bristleworms are not the same, right. What you have is a bristleworm, the harmless type.

Yeah...I thought that was wrong.

As long as it isn't the fire worm I was reading about, I'm always appreciative of some new CUC members,.

I swear this reef's gonna give me a heart attack before I'm done, though! Stuff I. don't recognize always pops up at the exact time to make me panicky (like when I just got some awesome new corals I can't just replace!)

I pretty much knew what bristleworms are, but I had never seen one, so I didn't know that was what it was XD

Thanks for responding so fast, guys <3