Need ID on a crazy critter

[the other tang]

I had a filter feeder of some sort on my glass Sat night. I have several of these on my lr and in the sb, but never on the glass. It is a long yellow tenticle with a tube body. It crawled up the glass approx.18" then crawled back down pretty fast. Is this a spaghetti worm? I too some pics but nothing worth posting, i can describe it better.

 

[charlesr1958]

Maybe a cirratulid?

Worm Hitch Hikers

Chuck

 

[Sk8r]

Medusa worm? They usually have several tentacles.

 

[the other tang]

Good call Charles, cirralutid is it. Is the fact that they are there telling me to vaccum the tank, that i feed too much, or just a scavenger looking for a meal. They are not everywhere, a few here and there, i'd guess 20 in the tank total. I am not worried bout them just trying to figure out what their presence means.

 

[charlesr1958]

I would take them as a sign that your system is healthy, and consider them to be a good member of any clean up crew. If you feel there are too many at any time in the future, collect them and pass them on to fellow reefers.

Chuck

 

[the other tang]

Will do, i have plenty and will post a thread offering a few to any takers. The ones in the sand are easy pickins. These types of creatures amaze my even more that the stuff we buy at the lfs's i love the creatures that make you wonder what in the hell they are, this guy certainly accomplished that.

 

[dc]

Great pictures Charles.

 

[nu2reef-n]

Nice webpage, Charles. Lots of info, Thanks for sharing. You're so lucky to be able to go afragg'n whenever you want.

 

[charlesr1958]

Thanks! and such pages will continue to expand as I find new specimens.

Chuck

 

[Waterbury Guy]

I used to have a couple of those, really cool looking.

PS
Nice avatar!!

 

[Aliie]

What an awesome site Charles. I'm not one to just add to my favorites list but WOW!!.

I was looking for what appears to be red feather dusters and didn't see them on the site but only spent about 20 min going thru it, but THANKS!!!