Help me identify worm - good or bad guy?

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Hi,
today when the lights were slowly turning down I noticed small few small worms swimming in the tank upper space. They have spiral/twisted motion and was swimming towards food. Is this dorvilleidae worm or any similar Bristleworm? I don't see any bright red color, so I'm guessing that it is not harmful spices, but just wanted to be sure. Is this something that I should be afraid of?


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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Yeah, that's a bristleworm epitoke (the reproductive stage of a bristleworm). I can't tell exactly what kind, but a Dorvilleid species is probably a good guess.
 

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