Orange worm

[bennie2323]

I've had my tank for about 2 years now and about 6 months ago I saw this tiny little orange worm coming out of one of my live rocks. I dint think much about it until recently when I moved some of my rocks around and saw probably about 15-20 of these worms ranging in size from 1 inch to 4 inches. I've looked online and cant seem to find anything that looks like it. They are bright orange and have little "suction cups" on them. Any idea what these are and if they are dangerous?

 

[aquasafe]

I'll LOOK on the internet for you. It sounds..... weird.Sorry but I never heard anything like this.

 

[alyssia]

They may be bristle worms. which are usually beneficial scavengers. You can find a pic of them in the hitchiker thread in the archives.

 

[aquasafe]

Originally Posted by alyssia
They may be bristle worms. which are usually beneficial scavengers. You can find a pic of them in the hitchiker thread in the archives.
YAH! I just saw them on ask.com but of course the page can not be found !

 

[bennie2323]

I found one web site that says bristle worms are not good for your tank
http://netclub.athiel.com/bristle/bristle.html
then I found another message board that has a pic of exactly what I have and people there say they are good for your tank
http://www.aquatic-hobby.com/index.p...=0&#entry24280
Which is it? Good or bad?

 

[alyssia]

In general they are good unless they get very large or you have way too many.