Corkscrew swimming worm

[groupergenius]

Found this in the tank tonight. It was swimming around all corkscrew like. Being a concerned reef newbie, I scooped him/her up to get a pic.
I'm not too good with the camera.

 

[paulcoates]

Bristle Worm

 

[groupergenius]

Originally Posted by paulcoates
Bristle Worm
Good, bad, future fish food, evil coral muncher?

 

[reefreak29]

how big is it and how many tenticals does it have at the mouth? does it move really fast

 

[groupergenius]

Originally Posted by reefreak29
how big is it and how many tenticals does it have at the mouth?
It's about 1/4" long. So small I didn't even see tentacles till I zoomed in on the picture. What a drag it is getting old. LOL

 

[reefreak29]

Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
It's about 1/4" long. So small I didn't even see tentacles till I zoomed in on the picture. What a drag it is getting old. LOL

then i would say its possible that its a Dorvilleid polychaete which are related to the big eunicid worms

 

[sudc]

I'd agree. Hard to tell from the pic but the left end looks very similar to a eunicid not a bristle.

 

[darknes]

It's not a bristle worm.

 

[darknes]

I second reefreak on the Dorvilleidae. I'd say it's harmless.