what is this thing?

[cody57]

i just bought some live rock and when i was putting it in the tank, i saw this critter on it. its about 2-3" long, yellowish and looks like a centipede w/short legs. is it a good or bad guy? what is it?

 

[michaeltx]

bristle worm maybe if so they are beneficial.
havent seena yellowish one though
Mike

 

[cody57]

of course now i cant find him. when i get a better look at him, i'll give a better description. thanks.

 

[cody57]

what color are bristle worms normally?

 

[elan]

i read bristol works start out orange, then turn brown as they age... they have been known to be over a foot long!

 

[mightyoxjuice]

Ask sammystingray about the 7' bristle worm. Someone that he knows had one in his tank.

 

[sammystingray]

Not someone I know.....someone we all know. Steveweast is a member here, and he had the seven foot long worm!! There was a pic of it somewhere in the reef forum about a month ago.

 

[cody57]

i havent seen him since i put the rock in there. the rock has alot of cool growth on it, but at the lfs, it was in a tank with clams and other inverts. their lighting was alot stronger than mine, so i dont know what will survive in my tank. maybe i wont see this worm again.

 

[cody57]

i just looked in the tank and theres this big black thing w/what looks like the consistancy of a snail, but it was stretching from the new rock to and older one. it was abt 1/2" thick and was stretching abt 4". then it let go ang was abt 3" wide. anybody know what this is? btw the foxface added last night is doing fine.

 

[cody57]

the black thing came out front. it's pitch black w/two antanae with a tiny white dot on the tips. it looks like a snail w/no shell.

 

[logan15]

good luck with iding all the critters I bought only the live sand but no critters in it Im thinking about buying some more from here anybody ever got any critters from the site in their live sand?