Fireworm or bristle worm??

[paola1315]

Hi! I couldn't make better picture, hoping you can help me to understand if it is a bristle or fireworm!

 

[Mark Goode]

Bristleworm.

 

[voelter76]

A little fuzzy but I would say that is a bristle worm. In my humble opinion.

 

[paola1315]

Bristleworm.

Pff!! Thank you for the quick reply! How should I recognise fireworms?

 

[Mark Goode]

Fireworms are red. Do a Google.

 

[exnisstech]

They hurt more when you get stung :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:

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[Mark Goode]

They hurt more when you get stung :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:

That too.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Yep. Even blurry I see BW.

 

[paola1315]

A little fuzzy but I would say that is a bristle worm. In my humble opinion.

I made better video

 

[exnisstech]

I made better video

Videos work better if you upload to youtube then paste the link here.

 

[Fishy888]

All fireworms are bristleworms but not all bristleworms are fireworms. This guy? Definitely not a fireworm.

 

[Mark Goode]

For some reason this thread reminded me of the time, must be 40 years ago, when I dug bait worms for a living, and I got bitten by an 18 inch king ragworm.

 

[paola1315]

Videos work better if you upload to youtube then paste the link here.

 

[exnisstech]

Looks like a bristle worm to me. I see them vary in color a bit from tank to tank. Mine are ussualy more red like this guy.

 

[paola1315]

Here is another video I made and is better

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Here is another video I made and is better

It's unlikely you'll find a "bad" bristle/fire worm unless you've added real live rock from the gulf/atlantic.

 

[paola1315]

It's unlikely you'll find a "bad" bristle/fire worm unless you've added real live rock from the gulf/atlantic.

I cycled real live rock bought from the shop

 

[paola1315]

It's unlikely you'll find a "bad" bristle/fire worm unless you've added real live rock from the gulf/atlantic.

Just worried because I read that fireworm will eat small fish and corals in reef tank

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I cycled real live rock bought from the shop

That's not live rock from the gulf... you would have bought it from tbs, kp, etc.

A very small number of bristleworm species feed on some coral but are rare in the hobby. Google "bearded fireworm" and you can see the obvious differences.

 

[Fishy888]

It's unlikely you'll find a "bad" bristle/fire worm unless you've added real live rock from the gulf/atlantic.

I concur