need id of worm REALLY GOOD PICTURES

[Enjoi]

the front of it is a blue colr and the rest is red/white. the tip of it is black with 2 little antennas. It moves really fast and has a lot of legs.

 

[AllenFord_SC]

Bristle worm. Throw him out. Bad news if he is in your tank.

 

[Enjoi]

thanks man

 

[TekCat]

Noo, they are beneficial scavengers they eat detrius to keep your sand clean. Besides they are reef safe.

 

[AllenFord_SC]

Better safe than sorry.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/blqabworms.htm

 

[AllenFord_SC]

This seems to be what you have:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dy...//fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=311
A bearded Fireworm. I could be wrong but it looks very similar.

 

[smcnally]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6626753#post6626753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AllenFord_SC
This seems to be what you have:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dy...//fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=311
A bearded Fireworm. I could be wrong but it looks very similar.

I'd be willing to bet it's a benificial bristle worm. Too many people have the "Better safe than sorry" attitude in this hobby. That only leads to pulling out a bunch of stuff from your tank that actually helps it. There are only a few species of bristle worms that harm your tank. The pictures aren't even clear enough to ID the worm, so why would you tell him/her it is a bad worm?

 

[bertoni]

I don't see any way to determine from the pictures that the worm is Hermodice. I don't see any signs of the identifying structure, actually.

 

[Zoalander]

How did a nightcrawler get in your tank?

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6627628#post6627628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bertoni
I don't see any way to determine from the pictures that the worm is hermodice. I don't see any signs of the identifying structure, actually.

same here, in the 3 pic it even looks like a epitoke (basicly a how some bristleworms breed). its hard to say if its 100% good or bad, i say let it be and if you notice it doing something bad, then pull it out.

 

[Amphiprion]

I doubt that this specimen, like Bertoni said, is Hermodice carunculata. It does not have the distinguishing caruncles that this species has. Likely, you have a harmless specimen that acted as a scavenger and a means of moving your sand around.

 

[Gobie]

If I went and examined every worm in my tank to see if it was good or bad, I would need 100 life times.

 

[Pandora]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6627535#post6627535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smcnally
Too many people have the "Better safe than sorry" attitude in this hobby. That only leads to pulling out a bunch of stuff from your tank that actually helps it.

AMEN to that, brother. That's all I have to say.

 

[Teremei]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6628070#post6628070 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gobie
If I went and examined every worm in my tank to see if it was good or bad, I would need 100 life times.

I hear ya. But I remember when I was newer to this hobby, I would find something and worry about every little thing as soon as I saw it. Now I just go like "Wow, cool little critter". If it does something really bad, then I ask. .

 

[popal]

if in doubt chuck it out thats wot i always say

 

[Teremei]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6728892#post6728892 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by popal
if in doubt chuck it out thats wot i always say

If you were a benificial creature would you like to die a slow and suffocating death in a ceptic system?