What is this worm thing? Is it bad?

[Reef Puncher]

So I came home and my expensive as all hell banana torch coral was looking bad. It was missing flesh on right side and recessed. In the past I got hit with a bad euphyllia bacteria outbreak. So I figured that be the cause. I made 2 dips. A anti bacteria dip. And just to be safe a pest dip. Never had pests. It once I put it in the pest dip all these worms came out. It was like 7 of them buried in my coral. What are they and could that be what’s hurting my coral?

 

[The Mushroom Man]

Could be the infamous fireworm!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Pics pretty blurry, but first glance I'm thinking bristleworm

 

[BristleWormHater]

I'm blanking on the name but it looks almost exactly like a bristleworm and they eat clams (and maybe lps too?) It's like opniod or opnid worm something like that.
@ISpeakForTheSeas hopefully knows what I'm talking about otherwise I may have just gone off the rails.
I'm mainly looking at the color and size any chance you could get a better Pic? It's yellow and black, right? It seems pretty small which I why I thought of that other worm.

 

[The Mushroom Man]

It’s yellow and black? Looks red from picks then it’s definitely not a fireworm probably just a bristle worm and their fine, no worrys

 

[tinyreefer]

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I'm blanking on the name but it looks almost exactly like a bristleworm and they eat clams (and maybe lps too?) It's like opniod or opnid worm something like that.
@ISpeakForTheSeas hopefully knows what I'm talking about otherwise I may have just gone off the rails.
I'm mainly looking at the color and size any chance you could get a better Pic? It's yellow and black, right? It seems pretty small which I why I thought of that other worm.

Oenene fulgida is what you are thinking off. I'm currently dealing with them and this looks like a common bristle worm to me. Definitely not oenene, as they will be solid yellow or orange and much thinner.

 

[BristleWormHater]

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Oenene fulgida is what you are thinking off. I'm currently dealing with them and this looks like a common bristle worm to me. Definitely not oenene, as they will be solid yellow or orange and much thinner.

There we go, thanks!
Yeah on second that, doesn't look like a oenone, just could look at pics of oenone worms cause I forgot the name.
I'll second normal bristleworm, likely another issue, upsetting the torch, maybe causing dying flesh, which then attracts the bristleworms.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'm blanking on the name but it looks almost exactly like a bristleworm and they eat clams (and maybe lps too?) It's like opniod or opnid worm something like that.
@ISpeakForTheSeas hopefully knows what I'm talking about otherwise I may have just gone off the rails.
I'm mainly looking at the color and size any chance you could get a better Pic? It's yellow and black, right? It seems pretty small which I why I thought of that other worm.

The worm in this pic is definitely a polychaete (a bristleworm, though that term covers a ton of different worms, including some harmful ones) of some variety, but it's impossible to say what kind for sure from the pic.

 

[Reef Puncher]

I'm blanking on the name but it looks almost exactly like a bristleworm and they eat clams (and maybe lps too?) It's like opniod or opnid worm something like that.
@ISpeakForTheSeas hopefully knows what I'm talking about otherwise I may have just gone off the rails.
I'm mainly looking at the color and size any chance you could get a better Pic? It's yellow and black, right? It seems pretty small which I why I thought of that other worm.

unfortunately i dont have a better pic. and i flushed them all down toilet. they were very small. like 1/4" long.

 

[Reef Puncher]

It’s yellow and black? Looks red from picks then it’s definitely not a fireworm probably just a bristle worm and their fine, no worrys

but something was killing my banana torch. and when i went to dip like 6 of these guys were inside the torch. are you sure they cant hurt a coral?