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Bristle worm ... good ... counts in your clean up crew .. big ones can be removed .. use pincers don’t use your fingers a sting from this is very unpleasant.. you can buy traps to catch them at night .. personally I just leave them unless really big !
Thank you for your reply. This guy is about 4” in a 13g tank. Is that considered big?
Plus they’re ugly, and scary.They can grow over a foot long so I’d consider that still small. I personally don’t like them so I remove them when I can even though they are beneficial. Just not a fan of the burn when they get ya while cleaning
Ok, I had to look......very very afraidLook up a bobbit worm, that’s when you should be afraid.
here's a better picture, kind of hard to get.The smaller worm looks like a polychaete - linopherus aka common bristleworm. They are perfectly fine as they are detritivores and will help keep your tank clean. Mine mostly hide during the day and come out at night to tidy up . Do you have a better picture of the larger one? Another positive is they can be fish food
Still a bristle worm.