MarineGirl411
New member
Hello everyone,
I have some strange white worms coming out of my live rock. I noticed quite a bit of them today, since I have added some things to my tank. They almost look like Spaghetti worms, but when they retract and move back into their holes, they have barbel looking mouths. Some of them are very thin white I have 2 thick one's. There is also a striped one as well. It is brown and a lighter color. I have tried to capture them the best I could, but my camera isn't fast enough when I go to snap the digital picture. Here are the best one's I could get thus far...
This first picture is of one by my Red Banded Trochus
Second picture is one right above this algae to the bottom of the picture. It is in the crevice towards the right of the picture.
This one is the striped looking worm. It was moving debris around it's hole. It is right below the large spot of coralline. At least it looks large in the picture.
I'd really like to know what they are because the barbel looking mouths at the end of them concern me a little. They have a rounded mouth with bristle looking mouths/or barbels when they retract into their holes. It's very strange. I would
like to add some more corals to my tank, but I'd like to ID these first. Thank you.
I have some strange white worms coming out of my live rock. I noticed quite a bit of them today, since I have added some things to my tank. They almost look like Spaghetti worms, but when they retract and move back into their holes, they have barbel looking mouths. Some of them are very thin white I have 2 thick one's. There is also a striped one as well. It is brown and a lighter color. I have tried to capture them the best I could, but my camera isn't fast enough when I go to snap the digital picture. Here are the best one's I could get thus far...
This first picture is of one by my Red Banded Trochus

Second picture is one right above this algae to the bottom of the picture. It is in the crevice towards the right of the picture.

This one is the striped looking worm. It was moving debris around it's hole. It is right below the large spot of coralline. At least it looks large in the picture.

I'd really like to know what they are because the barbel looking mouths at the end of them concern me a little. They have a rounded mouth with bristle looking mouths/or barbels when they retract into their holes. It's very strange. I would
like to add some more corals to my tank, but I'd like to ID these first. Thank you.