Worm Like creature in my tank

[machwave]

Hello Folks! Have a worm like creature in my tank. Can you please help me identify what it is? is it harmful? Do i treat my tank to get rid of this?

 

[littlefoxx]

Hello Folks! Have a worm like creature in my tank. Can you please help me identify what it is? is it harmful? Do i treat my tank to get rid of this?

Picture?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/guide-to-common-hitchhikers-in-reef-tanks.909223/unread
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/w...-to-common-new-tank-hitchhikers.443382/unread

 

[blaxsun]

 

[machwave]

Hello Folks! Have a worm like creature in my tank. Can you please help me identify what it is? is it harmful? Do i treat my tank to get rid of this?

Lol just saw that the picture didn't get attached from my phone

 

[machwave]

Picture?

 

[Alexraptor]

Harmless bristleworm. Good scavenger to have, just don't touch it with your hands! :)

 

[littlefoxx]

Bristleworm. I absolutely hate them. They freak me out! Arrow crabs will eat them or you can take them out. But yes they are good member of clean up crew if you can tolerate them

 

[twentyleagues]

Yup ugly but helpful bristleworm. I used to hate them but then realized how good they are for your tank.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Welcome To The Reef!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Need to see face as it may be epitoke, common bristle or even sillidae which at times look similar

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Need to see face as it may be epitoke, common bristle or even sillidae which at times look similar

Tony, an epitoke is not a species of worm.
Epitoky is a process that occurs in many species of polychaete marine worms wherein a sexually immature worm is modified or transformed into a sexually mature worm. Epitokes are pelagic morphs capable of sexual reproduction.