Please help id this/these. Worms?

ImGood · Oct 21, 2016

Got these out of my invert at this am, not sure what they are, or what action I should take. One may b a fireworm,Or bristle worm,?

Reeferdood · Oct 21, 2016

Bristle worms, handle with care...
Some go great lengths to remove them and some leave them be. Scavenger mainly, I pull them out if I see them.

Salty1962 · Oct 21, 2016

I would put back in tank for cuc. Just wear gloves when in your tank, they leave a nasty blister when stung.:eek:

ImGood · Oct 21, 2016

It was the invert QT I found them in, there appear to be more than one organism in the second to last picture,or are they all bristle worms?

erinmegan85 · Oct 22, 2016

The red one in the middle kind of looks like a spaghetti worm from afar.

Bdog4u2 · Oct 23, 2016

I keep them they're good for keeping the inside your rocks clean and as long as you don't overfeed the population stays manageable. They mostly come out at night and some sites online charge $30-$40 for a dozen. I've picked them up with bare hands and never got any stings

ImGood · Nov 6, 2016

Thanks very much for helping me with those, I als dipped some corals recently & discovered this, perhaps I could again ask you assistance in idling it?unfortunately you will have to zoom in on it,that was the best picture I've been able to get, again thanks for your responses

Lionfish Lair · Nov 7, 2016

Was it as green as it looks in the picture?

ImGood · Nov 7, 2016

Yes it was.ill be dipping those corals in a couple of hrs, and see if anything else falls off.

Lionfish Lair · Nov 7, 2016

There's a green bristleworm... I'll need to go search for the name... something viridis. It has an obvious "face" though, and I'm not seeing it in your worm. Did that just fall off after the dip? You didn't pull to remove it, so that it possibly broke?

ImGood · Nov 7, 2016

It fell off i& it did squirm for more than the 15 min dip. I didn't I thought it might have been snacking. On a porities I didn't find anything on the second dip

Lionfish Lair · Nov 7, 2016

I'm going to mess with the photo in photoshop some and see what I can come up with.

ImGood · Nov 8, 2016

I als found these things on some Zoas I picked up today what are they?

Lionfish Lair · Nov 8, 2016

They are gammarid amphipods

ImGood · Nov 9, 2016

Thank you. Checked out what encyclopedias britanica had to say , however I'm still unaware if this is something that is a concern or coution? I can send a brief video of that green thing, if you'd like.