worm in sand? (with pic)

[whisk]

is this a bristle worm? he moves when i shine the flash light on him. these are the best pics i could get of it.

 

[geoj]

I dont think so

 

[jtrzerocool]

doesnt look like one to me...

Does it look like it has bristles on each side of it?

 

[saltn00b]

no bristle i have ever seen like that.
subscribing to see what happens here....

 

[jayking232003]

Dude. Looks like a piece of pipe or hose! reach down there and grab it and see what happens! lol eel, missin any fish?

 

[jayking232003]

is the tip pointed or bubbled?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Whisk
http:///forum/post/2953958
is this a bristle worm?
Yep.

 

[t316]

I vote YES...bristleworm. Use a trap to catch it, or just grab it with some gloves on.

 

[fishhunter]

Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/2954290
I vote YES...bristleworm. Use a trap to catch it, or just grab it with some gloves on.
Big NO to bristle worm
it looks more like this:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=341362
There is a pic further down that page.

 

[natclanwy]

The worm in that post is a Euncid worm which is just one species of bristleworm. From what I can see in the pic it does look similar to the Euncid worm in my tank though.

 

[cranberry]

Yank it out with some tweezers the next time you spot it him in the substrate like that. Then you'll be able to truely ID it. We can take guesses, but until we actually see some of the defining characteristics for a normal "bristleworm" or a eunice all they are are guesses.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by fishhunter
http:///forum/post/2954572
Big NO to bristle worm
it looks more like this:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=341362
There is a pic further down that page.
The picture on that page is a picture of a Bristleworm.
If you place some food near the hole it is likely that it will come out to investigate.

 

[whisk]

sorry i have not responded for awhile. While i'm not 100% what it is, i have a pretty good guess.
I think its a feather duster out of its tube. I just recently bought one and a couple days after i bought him it left its tube and created a new one inside the sandbed. the pic you see above was probably it out of its tube. sorry for the confusion, it came to me finally.
here's day 1 of the FD

a couple days after

 

[t316]

Awesome pics of the Feather Duster...

....but that's no feather duster in post #1. That's a bristle worm.

 

[jtt]

looks like the worm in this thread i subscribed to a while ago...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=341362

 

[jtt]

Originally Posted by fishhunter
http:///forum/post/2954572
Big NO to bristle worm
it looks more like this:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=341362
There is a pic further down that page.
Ha! you totally beat me to it!

 

[cranberry]

I agree, of what we can see it's more than likely a Eunice.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/2969669
Awesome pics of the Feather Duster...

....but that's no feather duster in post #1. That's a bristle worm.
Feather Dusters are Bristle Worms....

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2969798
Feather Dusters are Bristle Worms....
yes, but that's not what I meant. A feather duster is not the type we normally think about when someone says "bristle worm".

 

[natclanwy]

I have to agree I it definetly looks more like a Eunicid worm than a Feather duster out of its tube.