What's this tiny guy?

[CoralNerd]

Dipped a frag and noticed this worm. It's at the bottom of a cup and it's tiny and skinny.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Hard to tell, can you try and get a clearer picture?

 

[CoralNerd]

Actually that first picture is excellent. Were talking millimeters. Here's a smaller one.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Does it look similar to this?

 

[CoralNerd]

No it doesn't

 

[Gareth elliott]

Do you have something you could use for a size reference, like a dime?

 

[CoralNerd]

I flushed that one. It's smaller than a eraser head when curled up. Next time I'll get a reference object for size.

The first picture is about eraser head size the way it's curled.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Last guess lol. Does it look like these at all? If not I will just wait until a better picture can be taken. I know it's hard when they are so small

 

[sfin52]

Reminds me of a peanut worm

 

[CoralNerd]

@Lovemyreef2015
TY for looking. I would need to get them under a microscope to compare to your image. By the way what's above in your image?

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

@Lovemyreef2015
TY for looking. I would need to get them under a microscope to compare to your image. By the way what's above in your image?

The worm I pictured above is in the family dorvilleidae and the genus is Ophryotrocha. They are much smaller in size.

 

[CoralNerd]

Smaller than a peanut worm, yeah those look big.