Swimming worms? Epitoke?

[Buccal]

Have lots of these swimming every night as lights dim. Think they might be Epitokes.

Nothing seems to want to eat them though and have never seen a bristle worm yet.

What does anyone else think.

Good or bad critter?

 

[Rouxdog]

you will probably be seeing the bristle worms soon

 

[Buccal]

So you think these are epitokes then, fish them out or leave them be?

 

[Rouxdog]

I personally would leave them be. I see them every now and then in my tank.

 

[Evan28395950]

So that may be what I had in my tank! I saw these a few months ago, after dealing with a bristle worm problem. I turned on the tank lights (lights were off at night), and they both dropped to the sand (in shock I’m thinking), and died.

 

[KJ]

Epitoke.

 

[killr66tb]

I don't know what those are but that was some pretty cool camera work

 

[Hemmdog]

Toke’s for sure

 

[Buccal]

I don't know what those are but that was some pretty cool camera work

Thanks.

Not bad for a little iphone I thought.

It helps when the thing you filming isn’t really going a long way. If I try and film a fish you just get a blue over saturated blur. [emoji23]

 

[Snowdrop68]

Have lots of these swimming every night as lights dim. Think they might be Epitokes.

Nothing seems to want to eat them though and have never seen a bristle worm yet.

What does anyone else think.

Good or bad critter?

That looks just like it! Wow.. I looked for every type of worm and different stages in their life cycle..and vidoe or pictures like that didn't come up..Thank you!!

 

[Crotalus]

I just had an explosion of inch long threads. It didn't look like they were swimming. Just suddenly there were hundreds. The fish ignored them.

 

[saltyhog]

My wrasses love epitokes but they are usually asleep when they're out and free swimming.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

Epitoke.

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