Sooo what in the world is this !

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I’ve always noticed small fine red hair sticking out of my sand every now and then , especially when lights out . But today I was doing some sand bed vacuuming and notice something move in the sand bed and i ended up sucking it up. After I was done with the task, I went back and looked in the bucket and noticed this weird looking thing moving inside . Looks like some crazy parasite that could somehow go inside you and end up controlling you in one way or another lol

Attached is the best pic I could get of the thing .

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Idk what it is dude kinda reminds me of an anemone. But I would keep it haha.
 
I would not keep that, whatever it is, haha.
 
I’ve always noticed small fine red hair sticking out of my sand every now and then , especially when lights out . But today I was doing some sand bed vacuuming and notice something move in the sand bed and i ended up sucking it up. After I was done with the task, I went back and looked in the bucket and noticed this weird looking thing moving inside . Looks like some crazy parasite that could somehow go inside you and end up controlling you in one way or another lol

Attached is the best pic I could get of the thing .

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Spaghetti or Hair Worm:
Looks like either a hair worm (Cirratulidae) or a spaghetti worm (Terebellide) to me - if the tentacles all come out from a single point, it’s a spaghetti worm; if they come out from basically all over the body it’s a hair worm.
 
I’ve always noticed small fine red hair sticking out of my sand every now and then , especially when lights out . But today I was doing some sand bed vacuuming and notice something move in the sand bed and i ended up sucking it up. After I was done with the task, I went back and looked in the bucket and noticed this weird looking thing moving inside . Looks like some crazy parasite that could somehow go inside you and end up controlling you in one way or another lol

Attached is the best pic I could get of the thing .

97254230-9D35-4049-97B9-CFB3D4CEDA7C.jpeg
Possible spaghetti but get it in a container for positive id of its strands especially if moving. If spaghetti, safe and eats detritus and uneaten food
 
Possible spaghetti but get it in a container for positive id of its strands especially if moving. If spaghetti, safe and eats detritus and uneaten food

looks to be spaghetti, I have him in the bucket or dirty water from water change still.
just creepy looking lol
 

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