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What is this hanging from the bottom of my lobo? I was moving it around because it was embedded and then I noticed this thing hanging covered in sand. It didn’t really move, I thought it was like a foot of the coral.
 

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I have tons of them, it looks like those worms that live under the sand and eat detritus. I am no expert on IDs though, don't take what I say for safe
 
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The sand is stuck to it. Hanging from the bottom of the coral. Or it has sand stuck to it.
 

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You mean bristleworms?
No I kick bristleworms in my "pest tank" every time I find them. I think it could be some worm from the family Chaetopteridae (maybe Phyllochaetopterus sp., but I had only a quick look). I have loads of them in the sand, I think they are beneficial.

here there are some pics and a short description:
 
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