Bristle worm or Godzilla?

[wynnoutfitters]

Is this a giant bristle worm or am I dealing with something else?

 

[winxp_man]

No picture or video. So at this rate it could be godzilla!

 

[wynnoutfitters]

My bad. Video didn’t upload.

 

[steveschuerger]

My bad. Video didn’t upload.

Still doesn’t show properly. Make it a YouTube short and upload it.

 

[KrisReef]

It's a bristleworm, or a fireworm but probably not Godzilla.

 

[wynnoutfitters]

Worm vid. Maybe this works.

 

[steveschuerger]

It's a bristleworm, or a fireworm but probably not Godzilla.

Are you sure Kris? It could be a nano version of Godzilla or possibly a larval miniature Mothra..

 

[steveschuerger]

Excellent. Vid shows a bristleworm I think. The body isn’t reddish enough for fireworm I think.

 

[TheNative192]

 

[KrisReef]

Are you sure Kris? It could be a nano version of Godzilla or possibly a larval miniature Mothra..

Good point. It's still early and I haven't had enough beers to properly identify these foreign film stars without a TV guide.

Edit:
I do think the OP's video should get a nomination for filmography excellence! I was shuttering in my boots as the monster swang around the aquarium!

 

[steveschuerger]

Honestly if it’s a regular ol bristle, I’d just leave it alone. Never had problem with them. I do admit I had one that was about 15 inches one time that was a little off putting.

 

[wynnoutfitters]

Yeah. I have hundreds and most are much thinner. This one is just about as thick as my my pinky and probably a foot. I cut the video short for upload size reasons.

My coral beauty went from happy, fat, eating and normal on Tuesday to just completely gone without a trace yesterday. So I’m a little on edge trying to figure out what happened.

It was the biggest fish by a mile 4” long, the next biggest is the female clown at like 2.5”.

She is a jerk but I didn’t figure with as much rock work and space as I have she could kill the CB and the be nothing left the day after. Granted, I do have a bunch of these worms cleaning it up.

My other theory is it jumped and the dog had a snack.

 

[KrisReef]

Yeah. I have hundreds and most are much thinner. This one is just about as thick as my my pinky and probably a foot. I cut the video short for upload size reasons.

My coral beauty went from happy, fat, eating and normal on Tuesday to just completely gone without a trace yesterday. So I’m a little on edge trying to figure out what happened.

It was the biggest fish by a mile 4” long, the next biggest is the female clown at like 2.5”.

She is a jerk but I didn’t figure with as much rock work and space as I have she could kill the CB and the be nothing left the day after. Granted, I do have a bunch of these worms cleaning it up.

My other theory is it jumped and the dog had a snack.

Never underestimate the power of the CUC to disappear a body overnight. They are more efficient than the mob on land! SOrry you lost the angel.

 

[ILOVEYOUHALFISH]

 

[JumboShrimp]

I'd tell the fish to run️

 

[winxp_man]

That would be your standard model bristle worm. They will clean you tank out real good!

 

[Paullawr]

No picture or video. So at this rate it could be godzilla!

Fixed it!

 

[winxp_man]

Yeah. I have hundreds and most are much thinner. This one is just about as thick as my my pinky and probably a foot. I cut the video short for upload size reasons.

My coral beauty went from happy, fat, eating and normal on Tuesday to just completely gone without a trace yesterday. So I’m a little on edge trying to figure out what happened.

It was the biggest fish by a mile 4” long, the next biggest is the female clown at like 2.5”.

She is a jerk but I didn’t figure with as much rock work and space as I have she could kill the CB and the be nothing left the day after. Granted, I do have a bunch of these worms cleaning it up.

My other theory is it jumped and the dog had a snack.

Have yet to see bristle worms eat anything that was living and healthy. As much as people want to post about them eating corals and such, I don’t trust that type of post. Unless they are miss identifying the creature. Had a Duncan die a while back. Turned out it was because of tank parameters. But the worms kept picking at it. Looking closely they were eating the dead tissue. I had 3” fish die out of nowhere and the my bristles make a meal of them over night.

To say that they will eat a healthy fish is not correct. Fireworm or bobbit another story.

 

[winxp_man]

Fixed it!

See I knew it!! It’s what ate the angel! These suckers know how to hide! I mean look at the lochness monster! He’s been hiding for almost a century!!!

 

[wynnoutfitters]

Yeah. I’m not thinking a bristle worm killed anything. This one was just so much bigger than normal and had a body bigger than than the bristles.

My primary suspect is the clownfish killing it and the CuC cleaning things up.