What are all these little centipede looking things in my tank?

[Maine Reefer]

I see a bunch of little centipedes on the rocks in my tank. Should I be worried?

 

[Malifry97]

Probably bristleworms. Can’t know until you post a picture.

 

[JasonK84]

Maybe bristle worms? Do you have a picture?

Edit: @Malifry97 beat me to it

 

[Maine Reefer]

Probably bristleworms. Can’t know until you post a picture.

This is the best picture i can get at the moment.

 

[Malifry97]

Maybe bristle worms? Do you have a picture?

Edit: @Malifry97 beat me to it

Lol

 

[Malifry97]

This is the best picture i can get at the moment.

Bristle worm. They are good

 

[Maine Reefer]

Bristle worm. They are good

They're good? They look like they're about to wreck my whole tank.

 

[JasonK84]

They're good? They look like they're about to wreck my whole tank.

Eat detritus. Great CUC.

 

[MERKEY]

The sand comes alive at night!!!

 

[Malifry97]

They're good? They look like they're about to wreck my whole tank.

They are great detritivores. They can hurt your hand if you get near them. Limit the population by removing any that are 2 inches or larger.

 

[Malifry97]

They are great detritivores. They can hurt your hand if you get near them. Limit the population by removing any that are 2 inches or larger.

Limit the population because they can quickly reproduce until there is a TON.

 

[Hermie]

Im no expert but those look like fire worms to me

 

[Maine Reefer]

Im no expewrt but those look like fire worms to me

Are fire worms bad? I did a quick search and it seems so.

 

[Hermie]

Are fire worms bad? I did a quick search and it seems so.

check out this page, about half way down they have a ton of examples of worms, it might help you ID

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[Lovemyreef2015]

Common bristleworm. Picture for reference. Good CUC

 

[lapin]

If you overfeed, they will eat all the left overs. After a good meal the next thing they want to do is have sex. This leads to more of them. If your tank is over run you can suck them out with a turkey baster at night. Try not to feed so much at one time.

 

[CarolineM8llae]

I see a bunch of little centipedes on the rocks in my tank. Should I be worried?

 

[jda]

They can only reproduce as fast as they have actual nutrition to do so. They cannot just live on poo and gunk and grow out of control. They will grow to equilibrium with the ecosystem and the amount of stuff that needs cleaned up. They are very effective.