hitchhiker worm

  1. Sherri F.

    What are these tiny white things with tenticles or fans on one side?

    Hi! Does anyone know what these are? Friend or foe? They've started popping up all over 2 pieces of live rock that came from someone's tank breakdown. They appear to be attached and aren't moving around. The fan looking end doesn't retract or spook like a feather duster worm. The fan looking end...
  2. InvertObsession

    Hitchhiker tube worm?

    I've only just noticed this... thing after a month of the coral being introduced to my tank. Tried figuring out what it is but I'm totally stumped. It has hairs that reflect light with a rainbow sheen as well at 3 tentacles coming from its face. Has a calcified tunnel that has bored through the...
  3. O

    Suspected Eunice worm

    Hello good people of R2R, I have what I think is a Eunice worm in my tank but would love to hear that I am wrong. It decided to come out with the lights on today and I was able to get a decent look at it, and even snap some terrible photos- it is VERY sensitive to movement so unfortunately these...
  4. elm03

    Yucky Worm

    Hi! I noticed a nasty lil worm thing moving, inching its way out of a hole in the rock. Obviously I was curious to see what the heck it was so I turned the tank light on and it shrunk back in the hole. I'm new to saltwater tank keeping so I just want to make sure this isn't a harmful parasite of...
  5. coastalnanoreef

    What is this orange ish worm with strings coming out of it?

    I see these stringy things coming out of the sand all the time. I believe the worm stays under the sand and puts the strings out. I saw it on the glass and tried to take some pictures. Let me know if you can identify this. Thanks
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