What is this??

aurora · Mar 26, 2023

Hello,
I found this "wormish" looking creature under a cyphastrea when I removed it from the plug. It's kind of stuck within the glue from the frag plug.
Does anyone know what this could be?
The ssecond video is after it freed itself from the glue. It's pretty long, orange with blue stripe on the tentacules.

blaxsun · Mar 26, 2023

Eewwwww! No idea what it is, but it's orange/red - so I'd kill it with fire...

dedragon · Mar 26, 2023

spaghetti or hair worm, harmless detritus/filter feeder

aurora · Mar 27, 2023

blaxsun said:
Eewwwww! No idea what it is, but it's orange/red - so I'd kill it with fire...

lol.. I don't like killing things

bnord · Mar 27, 2023

can't open the video, but if it is a spaghetti worm you are lucky to have it

variety is the spice of life

aurora · Mar 27, 2023

dedragon said:
spaghetti or hair worm, harmless detritus/filter feeder

Thank you dedragon, yes you are right, it's a hair worm (Cirratulids). I found this site and it looks like the first picture. I am going to check how big it gets to see if I want it back in the tank... It does look a little creepy but hey, biodiversity...
Thanks again!