Help with ID, something growing out of sand !

[Ryan Rioux]

Not sure what this is but it’s green slimy and has like tan strings on it and moving with the water flow .

 

[Ryan Rioux]

 

[cloak]

It's either a Terebellid or Cirratulid worm, both of which are harmless and beneficial to your substrate.

 

[Ryan Rioux]

It's either a Terebellid or Cirratulid worm, both of which are harmless and beneficial to your substrate.

Normal for these to look like a blob as funny as it sounds

 

[Maggie321]

The green looks like a type of algae. Do you feed nori? And the white strings aroud it look like a speghetti worm is holding the algae.

 

[Ryan Rioux]

The green looks like a type of algae. Do you feed nori? And the white strings aroud it look like a speghetti worm is holding the algae.

I don’t feed nori. Spaghetti worm is the worm the member above mentioned too.

 

[Maggie321]

I don’t feed nori. Spaghetti worm is the worm the member above mentioned too.

Lol. I am not good with scientific names. I'm glad there are those who are, for sure. Sometimes you just can't get a hit on stringy worm thing...lol.

Well, if in doubt, take it out! I would try to grab it with tweezers or a net and pull it out to put in a white tub or dish to get better pictures. You may find it is indeed 2 seperate things, or one thing that is just difficult to identify. But either way better photos help the pros! (I am not a pro).

 

[KJ]

I don’t feed nori. Spaghetti worm is the worm the member above mentioned too.

Yes

 

[Ryan Rioux]

Lol. I am not good with scientific names. I'm glad there are those who are, for sure. Sometimes you just can't get a hit on stringy worm thing...lol.

Well, if in doubt, take it out! I would try to grab it with tweezers or a net and pull it out to put in a white tub or dish to get better pictures. You may find it is indeed 2 seperate things, or one thing that is just difficult to identify. But either way better photos help the pros! (I am not a pro).

Lol I’ll do my best to get it out tomorrow .

 

[Ryan Rioux]

Lol. I am not good with scientific names. I'm glad there are those who are, for sure. Sometimes you just can't get a hit on stringy worm thing...lol.

Well, if in doubt, take it out! I would try to grab it with tweezers or a net and pull it out to put in a white tub or dish to get better pictures. You may find it is indeed 2 seperate things, or one thing that is just difficult to identify. But either way better photos help the pros! (I am not a pro).

Thanks for the help!

 

[cloak]

Lol I’ll do my best to get it out tomorrow .

I wouldn't... FWIW I was at my LFS one time and noticed that they had some of these worms in their tanks. I asked the employee to dig a few out of the sand for me and he looked at me like I was crazy. Anyways, I added them to my 20 gallon tank and they're as happy as clams now. The links below might help.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.htm

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/rs/

 

[ectoaesthetics]

Just looks like a spaghetti worm to me. A lot of folks buy them. They are great additions to your cleanup crew. Wouldn't fish it out. If you need to make sure it is a spaghetti worm just dig your hand under it in the sand and pull it out for inspection. Google what a spaghetti worm looks like -it will be pretty obvious if it is. Will have larger body with tons of little arms. Consider it a score if that's what you have, and don't feel like you need to remove them. They will only help clean up detritus in your system and help stir up your sand bed. Super helpful little critters.