Worm ID?

kzlen

kzlen

Member
I have a couple of worms on my coral, looking like they are picking at the polyps. I cant get a good pic. They are white bristle like , about the size of a grain of sand, they have a forked end.
 
shrimp134

shrimp134

Member
Not sure on that one...there are many different types of B worms though, I believe there are over 3000 if I believe right!:help:
 
gkp

gkp

Member
There are a few different bristled worms. A good rule of thumb is if it is nocturnal (all but one RARE kind) its ok if it is moving around when the lights have been on for atleast 1 hour you could have trouble.
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
There are over 10,000 species of bristle worms. About a dozen or so are not reef safe. Most of those belong to the Eunicid genus.
 
kzlen

kzlen

Member
Bang, there were 3 of them , all the same size. about the size of a grain of rice. All an my carnation coral. One was going around reaching at the polyps. They looked like tiny white feathers from above. I noticed them Before I went to turn off the day light...
A bad drawing of View from above
 
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