ID this ugly thing

[Z06-Hec]

Never seen this... What is it, it's moving and trying to dig into the sand...

 

[Cleo642]

So you have tiny thread like worms in your gravel too?
Hopefully, the big one isn't a Bobbit worm.

 

[Z06-Hec]

I just got a melanarus wrasse.... not sure if 1 is enough for all these worms... 150 gal 6 foot tank....

 

[sureal00]

spaghetti worm

 

[Cleo642]

I just got a melanarus wrasse.... not sure if 1 is enough for all these worms... 150 gal 6 foot tank....

I was at pet shop earlier and a tank had a bunch of those thread worms in it. I should have asked them about them. Idk what they are.
But if the big one is a Bobbit worm, be careful, they are evil. I am not saying that is what it is but be cautious cause they can cut a fish in half with their bite.

 

[Cleo642]

spaghetti worm

They big one or the little ones?

 

[Cleo642]

spaghetti worm

Are spaghetti worms harmful?

 

[sureal00]

all the tiny strands look to be the tentacles of the bigger worm which made me say spaghetti worm.If it is that they are not harmful

 

[Tahoe61]

Echiura, a Spoon Worm I believe.

 

[Cleo642]

I just read online about spaghetti worms and they come in on live rock but they feed on detritus but when detritus runs low they kinda die off or something.
Just read it. Here's a tip for live rock.

 

[SaltyT]

Might be a medusa worm

 

[Tahoe61]

Echiura, a Spoon Worm I believe.

Or a Nemertea, Ribbon Worm.

Hello is this thing on????:rolleyes:

 

[Z06-Hec]

so after looking up all of these different suggestions it looks closest to a spaghetti worm... not 100% but closest from all the images i have seen.

 

[Tahoe61]

Oh you have a ton of spaghetti worms no doubt, I am just not sure that big boy is one as well.

 

[evolved]

Oh you have a ton of spaghetti worms no doubt, I am just not sure that big boy is one as well.

I see two photos and each only have spaghetti worms in them; nothing to worry about here.

 

[ReefMadScientist]

So you have tiny thread like worms in your gravel too?
Hopefully, the big one isn't a Bobbit worm.

I swear they are the real Sarlacc

 

[Z06-Hec]

Holly crap... how does one even get that in their tank...
Definitely not what I have..

 

[Cleo642]

I swear they are the real Sarlacc

I don't know what a Sarlacc is but Bobbit isn't a worm, it's a demon.

 

[Cleo642]

Holly crap... how does one even get that in their tank...
Definitely not what I have..

Hitchhike on live rock, that why use the live rock tip I posted when you get new live rock. I hear they also have venom that can permanent numbness.

 

[ReefMadScientist]

I don't know what a Sarlacc is but Bobbit isn't a worm, it's a demon.

It does look like a Tremor lol.

A Sarlacc is from Star Wars