What could these be?

[Hunna’s Stunnas]

Last night I was checking my 40b out with a flashlight after the lights had been off for a bit, and noticed some critters zooming through the water. Their movement looked intentional, as they were fighting 3 different sources of water movement and were constantly making their way towards the flashlight.

I used a specimen cup to catch one, then used the flashlight to lure some of the remaining over to my large female clown that was eating them up like a little snack. Any idea on what they could be?

 

[commod0re]

Looks like some kind of not-yet-adult shrimp to me but not too sure what kind…

#reefsquad what do y’all think

 

[keagan]

It looks like a juvenile polychaete worm but I have no idea what species.

 

[EnterName]

Possibly some juvenile scale worm. Family: Polynoidae

This one looks very similar just a bit older probably:

Subadyte is a genus of Polynoidae and considered polychaete worms just like keagan said.

 

[Hunna’s Stunnas]

It looks like a juvenile polychaete worm but I have no idea what species.

There are quite a few bristleworms in there. I tried a frilly arrow crab but my stupid starry blenny kept chomping the algae draping off it and bit all its legs off and killed it. Guess I’ll try the banded coral shrimp approach for control this time. Thanks!

 

[keagan]

There are quite a few bristleworms in there. I tried a frilly arrow crab but my stupid starry blenny kept chomping the algae draping off it and bit all its legs off and killed it. Guess I’ll try the banded coral shrimp approach for control this time. Thanks!

Blenny's sure are character's .