Can anyone tell me what this is?

[neotactical]

Can anyone tell me what this hair/worm/algae like thing is? I have them in various spots throughout my sandbed. It retracts into the sand sometimes and it's hairs seem to act as a feeding tool.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I can’t load the video on my phone but search spaghetti worm it sounds like it. Harmless detritus feeders that typically have feeders come out at night.

 

[ScubaShane]

It's a Spaghetti Worm. Harmless. Eats Detritus. Copperbands and Wrasses will eat them.

 

[neotactical]

I'm concerned that it's dinoflagellates.

 

[Seymo44]

Dinos are so small that you wouldn’t notice any movements. Post the video to YouTube then paste the link here. No one can see the video that you posted.

 

[TurboTang]

I can see video. Definitely spaghetti worm.

 

[neotactical]

Here's a link to it on YouTube:

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youtube.com

 

[Duffer]

spaghetti worm

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I'm concerned that it's dinoflagellates.

It's a hair worm (not a spaghetti worm). Definitely not dinos, lol

 

[Danny G]

Not Dino. Definitely a hair or spaghetti worm. These are great cleanup crews if you overfeed. Can grow a bit out of control over a long time period so I just pull one or two out every now and then.