Critter ID?!!??

Beretta

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I seen these critters as I was cleaning out one of my chambers. Its was in a green ball of algae.. I don’t know if it’s a bristle worm.. I also think I’ve see these little wiggle monsters under a microscope a few weeks back but just seeing them with my own eye freaked me out. Anyone have an idea on what exactly they are.

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Well, they're definitely polychaetes (bristleworms) of some kind, but I can't see the head/chaetae (the bristles) well enough to attempt an ID beyond that.

Like most polychaetes, though, they're probably harmless (aside from if you touch the bristles)/beneficial CUC.
 

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