Worms - burn them with fire?

siniang · Oct 16, 2018

Hi,

I just noticed these worms in one corner of my tank. At this point they're still small, but they're many.

Bristleworms or something equally bad?

JasonK84 · Oct 16, 2018

siniang said:
Hi,

I just noticed these worms in one corner of my tank. At this point they're still small, but they're many. Bristleworms or something equally bad?

Not sure what it is exactly. Looks very menacing. Bristle worms are actually a very good thing to have as part of a CUC. This I'm not sure! Are those tiny white specs close to the larger ones worms also?
#reefsquad let's call for backup.

siniang · Oct 16, 2018

JasonK84 said:
Not sure what it is exactly. Looks very menacing. Bristle worms are actually a very good thing to have as part of a CUC. This I'm not sure! Are those tiny white specs close to the larger ones worms also?
#reefsquad let's call for backup.

Yes, I think those tiny white spots are also...something. The same just smaller. They literally popped up over night.

ReefdUp · Oct 16, 2018

I've had those or something extremely similar for years. What I have stay tiny and are very shy. But, they're very aggressive food-stealers. They tend to hide under my coral and then zip out to get any food from target feeding. They were never a nuisance.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 16, 2018

Dorvilleidae worm.

Good.

siniang · Oct 16, 2018

So far I only see them on the silicone. They don't seem to be moving.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 16, 2018

siniang said:
Yes, I think those tiny white spots are also...something. The same just smaller. They literally popped up over night.

munid isopods I belive.

siniang · Oct 16, 2018

They're pretty high up, too.

saltyhog · Oct 16, 2018

Their general morphology looks a lot like a bristle worm but their color and the head don't to me. Let's see if we can get one of our hitch hiker specialists to chime in. @KJ

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 16, 2018

https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

KJ · Oct 17, 2018

Polychaete Dorvilleidae.

siniang · Oct 17, 2018

KJ said:
Polychaete Dorvilleidae.

Are they bad? Or can they stay?

Disclaimer: everything can stay in my tank as long as it doesn't eat or otherwise harm my fish

KJ · Oct 17, 2018

siniang said:
Are they bad? Or can they stay?

Disclaimer: everything can stay in my tank as long as it doesn't eat or otherwise harm my fish

Good CUC

siniang · Oct 17, 2018

Sweet!

Now, how do I get them from the silicone halfway up the tank onto the substrate where they can actually help? Just I move them or just let be and hope they'll find their own way?

Maritimer · Oct 18, 2018

You might be able to blast them loose with a jet from a turkey-baster, after which they should settle to the rock or sand. I'm intrigued by their apparent social behavior, hanging out together as they are.

~Bruce

ajm83 · Oct 18, 2018

Maritimer said:
You might be able to blast them loose with a jet from a turkey-baster, after which they should settle to the rock or sand. I'm intrigued by their apparent social behavior, hanging out together as they are.

~Bruce

I don't have those worms in my tank, but I get clusters of those munnid isopods on the glass if I miss a patch when I'm scraping it. So maybe those guys are doing the same, eating up the slime or whatever was left on the glass.

Paul B · Oct 18, 2018

Wow, those are cool looking, I think they are Godzilla larvae, want some.

vetteguy53081 · Oct 18, 2018

That's quite a few of them. have any wrasses in your tank?
Looks like fillet Mignon for a lunare or 6 lined wrasse

Eagle_Steve · Oct 18, 2018

vetteguy53081 said:
That's quite a few of them. have any wrasses in your tank?
Looks like fillet Mignon for a lunare or 6 lined wrasse

I had some visible all the time at one point, then added a six line. 2 minutes in the tank and it went to town on them. I still have them, but not like before. Well at least not on the glass anymore.

They are a good thing to have though. They will devour anything missed by fish or corals.