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I found this really long worm in my sand. It's about 5 inches long, mostly clear with red spots. I have no clue what it could be but so far it hasn't bothered anything and doesn't leave the sand bed, and because I can see inside it I can tell that it's cleaning my sand bed as it is eating the sand and pooping out clean sand. Seems to be friendly CUC but would definitely like to know what it is.

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I can't view the video. I gather it's not a bristleworm?
Probably not a bristleworm. It doesn't have any spines and I've never heard of a clear bristleworm. Also I have reuploaded the video in a comment, can you see it?
 
No idea what that is! You might need to get some tweezers and pull it out... put it in a white or clear container of tank water and take a pic.
Its about 1 in the morning so I don't wanna go downstairs and wake up my parent just for a good picture. Also I don't wanna risk hurting the worm. If I think I can do It tomorrow then I'll update here and let you know.
 
Sorry but I can't take it out of the sand until tomorrow because I don't want to wake my parents grabbing a container from down stairs. Do you have any idea what it could be in the meantime?
Nope.

I'm sure you'll see it again, and it probably has some friends in there with it. 90% of the icky stuff we find in our tanks is harmless so don't sweat it :)
 
That's not a long worm, this is a long worm.(Sorry,Aussie here relating to Crocodile Dundee)
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That is indeed a long worm. But for what's currently inside of my tank (35 gallons) it's probably the biggest thing in there aside from my coral.
 
Nope.

I'm sure you'll see it again, and it probably has some friends in there with it. 90% of the icky stuff we find in our tanks is harmless so don't sweat it :)
So far I've seen a few spaghetti worms but never a worm like this. I've only seen the trails it makes in the sand and have been wondering what was making them until now.
 
I've read that bristle worms can get to 24 inches but I didn't think I would ever see one bigger than like 5 inches come out of a tank. In all the YouTube videos about them they never look bigger than like 4 inches.
They're like earthworms and can stretch and shrink.
 

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