What are these worms and are they problematic?

jotoole

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I moved a couple pieces of coral and all of the sudden all these little worms emerged.

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bristle worms, some people feel they shouldnt' be in their tanks, they are just a part of the clean up crew and i've never had issues with them, even had some very large ones many moons ago.
 

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IME they are part of the clean up crew and very beneficial to clean inside the rockwork and sand. I had a ton of them but when I removed my sandbed they slowly perished until now I have not seen any in years.
 

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Not welcome in my tanks but harmless unless you touch them with your bare hands . Arrow crabs will eat them like candy
 

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