please tell me what this is..

[NewKidOnTheReef]

I just found one of these on each side of the tank on the glass. Do I need to get rid of them?!

 

[blaxsun]

Looks like aiptasia, so yeah - nuke the suckers!

 

[Isopod80]

I believe it's a juvenile spaghetti worm. Harmless detritivore. I've seen the smaller ones on the glass at times. Usually they bury into the sandbed. Here's another example.

 

[NewKidOnTheReef]

I believe it's a juvenile spaghetti worm. Harmless detritivore. I've seen the smaller ones on the glass at times. Usually they bury into the sandbed.

I believe it's a juvenile spaghetti worm. Harmless detritivore. I've seen the smaller ones on the glass at times. Usually they bury into the sandbed.

harmless if eaten by clownfish right? Lol bc it’s gone now

 

[Isopod80]

Yeah, won't hurt the fish.

 

[blaxsun]

Weird. The image I pulled up was titled aptasia (and it closely matched). You just can't trust google anymore...

 

[Isopod80]

The tentacles are too long, thin and numerous for aiptasia.

 

[blaxsun]

The tentacles are too long, thin and numerous for aiptasia.

Heading to a frag swap this weekend. Pretty sure I'll get to see a few examples up and close...

 

[Isopod80]

More than likely.

 

[elysics]

Weird. The image I pulled up was titled aptasia (and it closely matched). You just can't trust google anymore...

Yeah, most of the time those titles are just from random people on forums not being sure themselves what they have.

It gets much much worse of you are trying to ID zoa names and similar, google is useless for that sadly

 

[sixty_reefer]

I believe it's a juvenile spaghetti worm. Harmless detritivore. I've seen the smaller ones on the glass at times. Usually they bury into the sandbed. Here's another example.

Definitely this

 

[Pimba]

You can confirm if it's spagati worm or not by observing it once the lights are off. See if it's moving/extending its arms trying to grab things.