Spaghetti worm?

TDDredge · Apr 3, 2021

Looking for a positive ID on the attached photo. Definitely more than one in my tank, hoping to positively id this as something reef safe.

nezw0001 · Apr 3, 2021

spaghetti worm would be my vote.

JGT · Apr 3, 2021

Yep. Good detritus feeder.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 3, 2021

Normally you won't see anything but a bunch of tentacles spreading out from a central point in the sandbed as these guys do not leave their tubes and send out the feelers in search of food. If you see them out in the open, they are likely looking for a new place to camp where there may be a better availability of food.

TDDredge · Apr 3, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Normally you won't see anything but a bunch of tentacles spreading out from a central point in the sandbed as these guys do not leave their tubes and send out the feelers in search of food. If you see them out in the open, they are likely looking for a new place to camp where there may be a better availability of food.

I saw the tentacles poking out of the sandbed. One of these is living in my live rock too. Wanted to get a 100% ID on it, so I brought out the big guns: a turkey baster. Sucked it out of the sand and put it right into a measuring cup for pictures. This one went to trash, but any others will be left to their own devices.