Is this a fireworm?

[TheShrimpNibbler]

Is this thing coming out of my sand a fireworm? (Please excuse the algae on the sand. I was going to clean it when I noticed this guy)
These are the best pictures I can get with my phone camera-

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Is this thing coming out of my sand a fireworm? (Please excuse the algae on the sand. I was going to clean it when I noticed this guy)
These are the best pictures I can get with my phone camera-

If you can manage to pull it out and place it on a white backroad. This will help us see more clear. Coloration doesn’t match any fireworm I have seen.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

If you can manage to pull it out and place it on a white backroad. This will help us see more clear. Coloration doesn’t match any fireworm I have seen.

I tried to get it out with a net, but it just ended up floating under a rock where I can no longer see it, so I will do the best I can to describe it. It was about a centimeter long. The front half of its body looked like the pictures above, with the fuzzy looking things on the edge and the brownish black center. The second half of its body turned into a bright orange red and the fuzzy stuff on the edges got thinner.
Edit: I should add that I’m not positive which side was really the front or the back of it.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I tried to get it out with a net, but it just ended up floating under a rock where I can no longer see it, so I will do the best I can to describe it. It was about a centimeter long. The front half of its body looked like the pictures above, with the fuzzy looking things on the edge and the brownish black center. The second half of its body turned into a bright orange red and the fuzzy stuff on the edges got thinner.

Okay it definitely sounds like a bristle worm to your description. Those colors exactly

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

Okay it definitely sounds like a bristle worm to your description. Those colors exactly

Ok, thank you. I was worried since I’ve never had a bristle worm that looked quite like this one, but I’m glad that it isn’t a danger. Thank you so much.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Ok, thank you. I was worried since I’ve never had a bristle worm that looked quite like this one, but I’m glad that it isn’t a danger. Thank you so much.

Happy to help. If you manage to catch it and want to be double sure, post the pic and others will chime in!