Spikey worm Id?

sheeb · Sep 7, 2022

Black in the middle and it’s tail was red. Very spikey, tried to get as many pics as I could before it crawled away but is this a pest? Bobbit worm? (I really hope not lol!)

DaJMasta · Sep 7, 2022

Looks like a bristle worm to me, but if it's particularly red, maybe look for some pictures of fire worms and judge for yourself. If you want a sure ID online, we're going to need some sharper pictures. It actually looks to me that you may be just a little bit too close to the target to get one fully in focus, but if you're using a phone, it could be autofocusing on the rocks instead - where usually tapping on what you want will try to focus on it instead.

sheeb · Sep 7, 2022

DaJMasta said:
Looks like a bristle worm to me, but if it's particularly red, maybe look for some pictures of fire worms and judge for yourself. If you want a sure ID online, we're going to need some sharper pictures. It actually looks to me that you may be just a little bit too close to the target to get one fully in focus, but if you're using a phone, it could be autofocusing on the rocks instead - where usually tapping on what you want will try to focus on it instead.

Yeah, my iPhone sucks at pictures in my fish tank. Always focuses on the wrong thing but I know where it comes out now so I’ll get some more pics for sure. From your judgement, it’s alright to be in the tank?

sheeb · Sep 7, 2022

DaJMasta said:
Looks like a bristle worm to me, but if it's particularly red, maybe look for some pictures of fire worms and judge for yourself. If you want a sure ID online, we're going to need some sharper pictures. It actually looks to me that you may be just a little bit too close to the target to get one fully in focus, but if you're using a phone, it could be autofocusing on the rocks instead - where usually tapping on what you want will try to focus on it instead.

Things got some crazy looking spikes where the mouth is. Only got some decent pics of the back