Spaghetti worms?

[shy519]

Hey everyone!

I purchased a Cinnamon Palythoa Grandis yesterday. When I arrived home and placed the bag in the water to acclimate, I noticed about four little orange-brown wiggley worms at the bottom. I thought that they might possibly be spaghetti worms. Are they bad? I'd upload pictures but it such a hassle to do that.

Thanks,
Shy

 

[PSU4ME]

They are not bad but without a pic I can be certain. Good sand worm though

 

[Mike Johnson]

Orange/brown worms sounds like bristleworms to me. Spaghetti worm has a body and a bunch of tentacles.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html

 

[Oxylebius]

Could possibly be spaghetti worms (terebellid) or hair worm (cirratulid) or SOMETHING ELSE. There are way too many polychaete worms to be able to precisely tell you what you may have with out having a photo to look at. Worm ID page.

Need a photo!!!!

 

[shy519]

I had a look at the frag one more time this morning. I believe that they died. Good or not, they're gone.

 

[Snid]

I'd still try to find out for sure what they are. Hitchhikers can be very sneaky, and they may have found the best suitable home they could for the time being. I never assume something is dead unless I have a corpse.