Help identify?

[Quev]

Can anyone help me identify what this weird critter is in my tank

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• Quev
• Apr 16, 2018
• 2

 

[Crabs McJones]

Some kind of worm? I think I saw antenna. Hopefully it isnt a Eunice worm if it's in the snail shell, very carefully (with tongs or tweezers or somethong) remove it and put it in a dish to see if it comes out for a better picture.

 

[TheEngineer]

Oh wow. I thought it was a barnacle but then I zoomed in. Looks like a Eunice worm to me too.

 

[Quev]

Some kind of worm? I think I saw antenna. Hopefully it isnt a Eunice worm if it's in the snail shell, very carefully (with tongs or tweezers or somethong) remove it and put it in a dish to see if it comes out for a better picture.

Thanks for the reply. I used tongs and took the shell out. Had a slight fumble taking it out of the tank but I put it in a plastic bowl. Waiting to see if it's still In there. If it is ill post a better picture of it.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks for the reply. I used tongs and took the shell out. Had a slight fumble taking it out of the tank but I put it in a plastic bowl. Waiting to see if it's still In there. If it is ill post a better picture of it.

Put a little food in there to see if that tempts it to come out

 

[Quev]

Oh wow. I thought it was a barnacle but then I zoomed in. Looks like a Eunice worm to me too.

It kinda looks like these to me. I'll try to get a picture of them instead of a video.

 

[Quev]

Put a little food in there to see if that tempts it to come out

It looks like he was quicker then me I used tweezers to move the shell around and haven't seen any movement. I'm going to try and get a picture of it if I see it in the tank.

 

[Quev]

Put a little food in there to see if that tempts it to come out

So I managed to find its hideout. The pictures aren't the best but it's what I got for now

 

[Quev]

Update

 

[Quev]

Can anyone help me identify what this weird critter is in my tank

20180416_182728_1

• Quev
• Apr 16, 2018
• 2

 

[Krzydmnd]

Video looks like an amphipod

 

[Quev]

Video looks like an amphipod

Are they harmful to reef aquariums?

 

[cracker]

That is crazy ! Looks like a eunice as much as some sort of pod or such.

 

[cracker]

Amphipods are good. Eunice are bad !

 

[Krzydmnd]

Are they harmful to reef aquariums?

Is this it? If yes, they're fine. Good cleaners

 

[Quev]

Is this it? If yes, they're fine. Good cleaners

It does look like that yes. I wish I could get a good look at the one in my tank but it's super quick and usually comes out after my lights go off.

 

[Quev]

Is this it? If yes, they're fine. Good cleaners

Also if I had a huge population of them I'm the future what could I get to eat them? My tank currently has 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 blue leg hermits, 3 Astrea snails, 1 nassarius and a hammer coral. It's a 14g Nano tank.

 

[Maritimer]

Possibly a possum wrasse or pink streaked wrasse . . .

~Bruce