Id this thing!

[Pete polyp]

So I was looking in the tank just now with a flashlight and all these orange things started swimming towards the light. There was quite a few at one time, maybe 10 or so. When I say swimming I really mean swimming! They would get to the glass and start crawling up and down like pods do then get back into the current and swim around like crazy. There was no way for me to get a picture of them until I caught one with my mag float.

 

[Pete polyp]

Maybe an isopod of some sort?

 

[reefbeard]

Possibly a Cirolanid isopod. Looks more Polychaete.

 

[reefbeard]

Hard to tell from the pic but is it more worm like?

 

[Tahoe61]

Bristle Worm Epitoke?

 

[Pete polyp]

Hard to tell from the pic but is it more worm like?

Might be this

 

[Pete polyp]

Doesn't seem like a bristleworm. These things were swimming against the current of a wp25. They moved like a pod too, they're fast.

 

[Tahoe61]

There are several youtube videos of Eiptoke swarms, google one, that is what it sounds like to me. I have had them occur in my tank and it's really quite amazing.

 

[Pete polyp]

There are several youtube videos of Eiptoke swarms, google one, that is what it sounds like to me. I have had them occur in my tank and it's really quite amazing.

Nailed it

 

[iretthepirate]

Interesting. Def not bristle. When in doubt..... Kill it lol. I'd remove as many as I could to be safe

 

[Pete polyp]

Interesting. Def not bristle. When in doubt..... Kill it lol. I'd remove as many as I could to be safe

It would be impossible to catch them. They're lightning fast

 

[iretthepirate]

It would be impossible to catch them. They're lightning fast

Suck up with baster when they come to light

 

[Pete polyp]

Suck up with baster when they come to light

Not a chance of that happening lol