Saw these worms after i added my trochus snails

[Merdfrog]

Any chance of iding these

 

[blaxsun]

Best guess is a bristleworm (harmless), but I can't be 100%.

 

[ryanjohn1]

+1 bristle worm

 

[Alexraptor]

Not convinced those are bristle worms, I don't like the orange tone on those.

Which leads me to ask, are they mucousy, like producing very thick slime when out of water? Secondly, do they react with lightning fast movements when disturbed underwater?

They remind me of juvenile Fulgida worms, of which I have pulled out of my tanks before, and they are snail predators.

 

[Merdfrog]

Not convinced those are bristle worms, I don't like the orange tone on those.

Which leads me to ask, are they mucousy, like producing very thick slime when out of water? Secondly, do they react with lightning fast movements when disturbed underwater?

They remind me of juvenile Fulgida worms, of which I have pulled out of my tanks before, and they are snail predators.

Doesn't look a ton like that. They are incredibly small and bright orange. They also fall apart when I take them out of the water. In starting to think they are fish poop lol

 

[4nreefer]

A clearer picture would be helpful. However, if they don't have bristles (sort of like haits on the body), which they don't seem to have from this pix, then they aren't britle worms. They do look more like a spergetti worm which is actually beneficial. Spargetti worms usually bave several tentacles when they open up, but look like this when they aren't.