Spiral shaped pink worm?!?!?!

[Snailpowered]

I saw a worm in my tank that propelled its self by making a corkscrew shape with its body. It was a light pink in color and about a inch long. I was just wondering if anyone could ID this guy so i can know if it is good or bad for the tank. thanks for your time.

 

[Grins]

Do you have a photo? Could it be a Christmas Tree worm?

 

[Snailpowered]

I just looked up a xmas tree worm and that is deffinatly not it. Its more shaped like a tape worm, he came to settle on the sand and looked similar to a tape work or something like that but much smaller. and like i said above it moves though the water by twisting his body into a corkscrew and moves though the water twisting. Picture this if you take a corkscrew hold one end with your fingers and twist it... thats exactly what it looked like

 

[Grins]

Without a photo or a better description we're not going to be be able to give you much of an answer. It could even be a bristleworm.

 

[kuoka]

Is this your culprit?

http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=ITA-66102&source_myID=D1

 

[Snailpowered]

it sounds like it but the color was alot lighter but mabe it was just a juvinial worm. So how bad are these worms in my tank?

 

[kuoka]

If it's a glycera, it's part of the bristleworm family. Most bristleworms are fine for our tanks. They feed on detritus in the sand or are scavengers.

 

[Percula9]

Probably a bristleworm, nothing to worry about. Most are beneficial.