Worm ID

[seanocode]

 

[julian]

not sure but nothing bad

 

[menglish]

looks like bristle worms.
have them in my tank too
I am told they are not bad

 

[Wiz]

Defanitly not a bristle. Little blurry. Hard to tell. Cool though. Hope its not bad. If you have a clearer pic it would help. Appears round without bristles.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's a Dorvilleidae.

 

[Wiz]

It's a Dorvilleidae.

the shape and color match that. But u cannot make out bristles in this pic. How can u be sure?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

The darkened mark towards the front, the stripes across the body and the way the body lays in the picture, shows it moves like one and not that of a regular bristleworm. The bristles aren't ever really visible to the naked eye. It's when you take a macro shot, that they can be readily seen. If one were just looking in their tank, they would look for a small worm without bristles most of the time. Of course on larger individuals, the bristles are more evident..

 

[gotscreensprinting]

I just found this worm id and what should i do with it my tank is healthy and thriving i even moved around some aquascape today and added some water all levels are good.

[video=youtube_share;M6VJQOx8pos]http://youtu.be/M6VJQOx8pos[/video]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Not all have stripes and some are dark with white stripes and every other color. One of mine I was able to catch a picture of, looks like this.

This was with a 100mm. You would never see this detail with the naked eye.

 

[Wiz]

Cool thanks. Is this family bad or good?

 

[gotscreensprinting]

This is the real color i have him in a quartine cup

 

[Lionfish Lair]

They are nothing to worry about, Wiz.

 

[gotscreensprinting]

my lfs is like throw it away dont touch it from my reading they eat dead stuff but what else do they nip on and will it reproduce like crazy if so