Can anybody identify this worm? Is it a bristle?

[klr0808]

Got a piece of live rock that had GSP on it and when breaking it apart to frag it, found a couple of these worms. I have not broken apart a rock before, so I’m pretty sure it’s a bristle worm, but I’ve never seen one so please let me know.

 

[Catawba_Valley_Reef]

Looks like a bristle worm to me.

 

[klr0808]

Looks like a bristle worm to me.

do you leave these guys in or do you toss them and whatever they have come in again sorry for my being naïve. I’m just still learning the good guys versus the bad guys.

 

[klr0808]

Looks like a bristle worm to me.

Tdo you leave these guys in or do you toss them and whatever they have come in again sorry for my being naïve. I’m just still learning the good guys versus the bad guys.

 

[Catawba_Valley_Reef]

do you leave these guys in or do you toss them and whatever they have come in again sorry for my being naïve. I’m just still learning the good guys versus the bad guys.

I personally don’t have an issue with bristle worms. They are scavengers and help clean your tank. Some people claim that bristle worms have eaten their fish or corals but I’m not sold on that. They will eat dead fish or dying corals…but nothing that is completely healthy in my opinion.

If you see any fireworms (google a photo) then get rid of those.

 

[PapaFishRocks]

Leave him. Good clean up crew member.

 

[klr0808]

Leave him. Good clean up crew member.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[klr0808]

I personally don’t have an issue with bristle worms. They are scavengers and help clean your tank. Some people claim that bristle worms have eaten their fish or corals but I’m not sold on that. They will eat dead fish or dying corals…but nothing that is completely healthy in my opinion.

If you see any fireworms (google a photo) then get rid of those.

Well, hopefully I don’t have any problems with anything that is dying. This is going into a 10 gallon nem only project tank. May have some GSP if it survives on the rock… And a clown fish. But that’s it. This came from a beautiful healthy looking tank so I felt confident that it was a good guy or OK to have

 

[mermaid_life]

I toss them as I find them because they reproduce fairly quickly

 

[petcellar]

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