Got some worms for my tank, are any of these juvenile fireworms?

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Went to the lfs and picked up an engineer blenny and some inverts today, including a strawberry conch and like 4 bristleworms. Are any of these juvenile fireworms? One of them filled my hand with bristles, but it didn't hurt or feel like anything really,
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Look like good bristle worms. Fire worms are really quite fire engine red.
 

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Even as juveniles?
To my knowledge. But what I can say is the ones in your picture look to be the same funky pink mine look from small to 3”. Actually I think my normal bristle worms are deeper in color when they are small.
 
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To my knowledge. But what I can say is the ones in your picture look to be the same funky pink mine look from small to 3”. Actually I think my normal bristle worms are deeper in color when they are small.
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Also, unrelated, how long should I acclimate my engi for? He's been been in there for about an hour with an airstone and I change his water every 10 minutes. I haven't gotten a new fish in a while so I'm rusty.
 

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As far as acclimating a fish, it really depends on salinity number one. If it came in really low salinity take your time to bring it up as to not “burn” their gills. If shipping/LFS water is same salinity then temp balance and a few subtractions and additions of tank water will suffice. If huge salinity difference it is harder. I always adjust salinity in one of my QT’s that I always have running and then bring up to DT salinity after I finish my qt. The pros on here will say not to bring salinity up
More than .01-.02 per day. But realistically if they have to go into DT that may not be feasible.

On those occasions or if I need to move a qt’d fish out to bring in a new one and didn’t pre plan I will drop slowly for an hour or two and draw out a little water a few times to help get close.
 
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As far as acclimating a fish, it really depends on salinity number one. If it came in really low salinity take your time to bring it up as to not “burn” their gills. If shipping/LFS water is same salinity then temp balance and a few subtractions and additions of tank water will suffice. If huge salinity difference it is harder. I always adjust salinity in one of my QT’s that I always have running and then bring up to DT salinity after I finish my qt. The pros on here will say not to bring salinity up
More than .01-.02 per day. But realistically if they have to go into DT that may not be feasible.

On those occasions or if I need to move a qt’d fish out to bring in a new one and didn’t pre plan I will drop slowly for an hour or two and draw out a little water a few times to help get close.
Their spec G is only .002 off, 1.024 instead of 1.026(mine). In any case he's in and looks fairly happy, my dascyllus isn't bothering him much yet.
 

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