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Reply With QuoteLooks like a bristle worm to me but that is too obvious....am I missing something?
Need help with an ID please. Found this under a recently added colony rock.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
Looks like a bristle worm to me but that is too obvious....am I missing something?
I didn't think they were that colorful but you're probably right. My LFS thinks it's a bristle worm also but I'd not found any pictures of them with the red/blue superman markings.
Too bad, it's kinda cool looking but it's gonna have to go if it's a bristle worm.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
I have ones in my tank that are that same color......blue and red. They don't harm much but i'm thinking my new coris wrasse is going to harass them!
if you do an image search for bristleworm some of the pics look like that, however if you search fireworm 99% look like your pic. thats assuming im correctly seeing white fur looking stuff around its bodys perimeter. but idk ive never really seen pics from someone who knew for sure. all the bristleworms ive had did not have the fur and were all pink or a few gray.
Here is a good article if you've got some free time.
Polychaete Annelid Identification, or
i was thinkin his critter looked like the third pic down in that article. it says its a predatory fireworm but keep in mind i only read the specifics by the pic not the whole story.
+1 you guys are right on with the fireworm ID, which also happens to be categorized as a variety of bristleworm.
Not positive they were the culprit but I found an empty nassarius snail shell not more than an inch from where I found the two worms below this morning. I've also lost a few heads off the kryptonite candy cane coral that they hitchhiked in with.
Could have been something else, I do have a homicidal peppermint shrimp that could have offed the snail but the candy cane is the only coral in my tank that wasn't doing great. To be on the safe side I took the coral off the piece of rock it came with and mounted what was left on a frag disk and threw the rock in the trash.
Here's a better pic of the two buggers I pulled out this morning.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
you might try putting a piece of red plastic over a.flashlight and looking for more scurrying around at night. i tried very hard to remove any and all bristleworms before adding my rock but some still got in. the regular ol pink bristleworms dont really bother me but i want to have control of their numbers.
Why remove them. They are a harmless part of the CUC.
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I'm not so sure after finding a dead nassarius right next to the 2 that I pulled out. Could have been coincidence for sure but I figure if the sting burns humans as much as people claim it would be nothing to take out a snail. I've got a healthy amphipod population in addition to the regular CUC so i figure why give the bristle worms a chance to take over.Originally Posted by ddelozier
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others."
Equipment - Reef Angel aquarium controller, Reef Octopus skimmer, Aqua UV 8W UV sterilizer, Precision Marine KR20 kalk reactor, BRS dosing pumps, 2 Vortech MP10's and Eheim 1262 return pump (900GPH). DIY LED lighting using CREE 5-watt neutral whites, 3-watt royal blue and 3-watt violet UV
Fish - Blue Assessor basslet, McCosker's flasher wrasse, Longfin fairy wrasse, mated pair Percula clowns, Tailspot blenny and Purple firefish goby
Inverts, CUC - Huge RBTA, small maxima clam, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Arrow crab, Sandsifter sea star, Tonga fighting conch's, trochus, nerite and nassarius snails
Corals - SPS, LPS and some softies
i personally just dont like them. i think theyre all ugly and some do eat stuff i wouldnt want them eating. most of the bristleworms ive pulled were more of a plain pink and the white barbs around its body barely noticable.
They are great CUC, I leave all mine and if you want to control them get a Coral Banded Shrimp they are great worm hunters! I have one. Chances are the snail was dead and they ate it, I'd give em a high five. (if they had hands)
i bought a sixline wrasse to control any i missed. i would like to get a coral banded shrimp but im iffy on whether he'll get aggressive towards my cleaner shrimp.
Those are good little hunters too, my CBS ate my skunk cleaners in my 28g.
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