There is a bunch of scary looking red worms in my tank...what are they??

ChadOwens · #1 10/04/2007, 01:16 AM

I just checked out my tank after the lights were turned off for they day and noticed a bunch of red worms things all over the place! What are these things...some of them are pretty big....up to 2 inches long...oh and they have lots of legs? Are they bad.....have they been eating my zoanthids.. cause something has been....

Chad

jdieck · #2 10/04/2007, 01:30 AM

Most probably just bristtle worms, most of them are detrivorous.

davidryder · #3 10/04/2007, 01:38 AM

Anything like that guy? They are beneficial filterfeeders and only in strange and/or extreme situations do they ever cause a problem. I wouldn't be concerned

pledosophy · #4 10/04/2007, 01:50 AM

Don't touch them with your skin, they will "sting" you. If it happens soak the wound in white vinegar.

They are good for the tank though.

ChadOwens · #5 10/04/2007, 02:14 AM

thats it! okay good to know.

thanks

chad

randallcentral · #6 10/04/2007, 02:29 AM

Ive seen bristle worms.. and even smaller ones.. anybody know what the Really small Red ones.. look like tubaflex worms..

uscharalph · #7 10/04/2007, 02:29 AM

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Originally posted by ChadOwens
I just checked out my tank after the lights were turned off for they day and noticed a bunch of red worms things all over the place! What are these things...some of them are pretty big....up to 2 inches long...oh and they have lots of legs? Are they bad.....have they been eating my zoanthids.. cause something has been....

Chad

I don't think bristle worms eat zoanthids.

randallcentral · #8 10/04/2007, 04:20 AM

deff are bristle worms.. I have seen it happen. I saw a bristleworm eating my zoa. I saw juice flowing through the worm.

cutegecko3 · #9 10/04/2007, 04:52 AM

the species that eats soft coral are very rare and their not red.