I have spotted an unknown critter in my tank. It looks a bit like a centipede when he stretches out put when it notices me it shrinks in size. I do not see any eyes and I know he can move around because I saw him in another rock the other day. It is a light brownish red color no white just one color. I think he was just eating my feather duster. Not from the tip but rather from the base. I have also had a couple of crabs strangely die I am wondering if it is him? I do not have a picture and don't think he would stay still for me to get one. Has anyone any suggestions? Or seen anything matching this description?
How do you get rid of a worm
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Bristleworm: red and black or just red, or sometimes pinkish red, with a row of bristles down the side: harmless detrivore, an eater of the dead, for which you may be grateful if you've had a giant snail die somewhere you'd have to take your rockwork apart to fish out. They can't kill anything: their mouths are only able to handle decaying or deteriorating substances. Occasionally an imprudent fish will bite one and get a faceful of bristles but they go away after a day or so; the worms can sting our skin, but are oddly completely harmless to corals and polyps, which are never stung.
you do not need to remove it, if it is indeed a bristle worm, as they are beneficial animals to the over all well being of an salt water system.
You can varify if it is a bristle worm by simply typing bristle worm in google and go to images...
IF it is not an bristle worm like you are contesting, people on the forum need a focused, clear photo to positively identify the organism in queston.
Also, you may have another species of marine polychaetes, so if you want a ID and methods of removal, again, show us a photo of the animal.
You can varify if it is a bristle worm by simply typing bristle worm in google and go to images...
IF it is not an bristle worm like you are contesting, people on the forum need a focused, clear photo to positively identify the organism in queston.
Also, you may have another species of marine polychaetes, so if you want a ID and methods of removal, again, show us a photo of the animal.
