worm ID?

[JoJosReef]

New worm to add to the list. Not a Eunice worm this time! Found it stretching out of the live rock and grabbed it with tongs--unfortunatley, it broke. Is this a red peanut worm or the like? After a closer look in the dish, it doesn't look like one of the red flag, kill-it-with-fire hitchhikers. Thanks!

Also, it's not very bristly.

 

[blaxsun]

It's not the "kill it with fire" variety, no.

 

[WheatToast]

New worm to add to the list. Not a Eunice worm this time! Found it stretching out of the live rock and grabbed it with tongs--unfortunatley, it broke. Is this a red peanut worm or the like? After a closer look in the dish, it doesn't look like one of the red flag, kill-it-with-fire hitchhikers. Thanks!

Also, it's not very bristly.

It's not the "kill it with fire" variety, no.

Looks like a predatory clam worm due to the conspicuous eyes, such as Oenone fulgida. These pests consume snails and clams.
http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsespecies.php?CritterID=3547

 

[JoJosReef]

Looks like a predatory clam worm due to the conspicuous eyes, such as Oenone fulgida. These pests consume snails and clams.
http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsespecies.php?CritterID=3547

Well I don't like that at all. I have a crocea (aka pride-n-joy) that I'd prefer no pests touching. Will keep an eye out for the other half of this worm. Any traps work on these?

 

[WheatToast]

Well I don't like that at all. I have a crocea (aka pride-n-joy) that I'd prefer no pests touching. Will keep an eye out for the other half of this worm. Any traps work on these?

Bristle worm traps supposedly work, but I do not have much experience with these guys. They seem to be more cautious than common bristle and fire worms.

 

[JoJosReef]

Bristle worm traps supposedly work, but I do not have much experience with these guys. They seem to be more cautious than common bristle and fire worms.

I made a bristleworm trap for the eunice worms in my Evo, which they ignore. Will try it out in this tank to see if anything go inside--not sure how long it will take the worm from this post to regenerate its head, since the bottom half went right back into the rock.

 

[neonreef3d]

Well I don't like that at all. I have a crocea (aka pride-n-joy) that I'd prefer no pests touching. Will keep an eye out for the other half of this worm. Any traps work on these?

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