long worm in the sand... is it good or bad

[mechgobi]

If bad what is the remedy

[Shadow Walker]

I'm not sure if it's a pest, but if it's found in my tank I would definitely take a long pincer and catch it out. Wouldn't want to risk touching it when I stick my hands in the tank.

[mechgobi]

It looks and behaves like earthworm...has line of dots as we see its body...don't know whether it can harm corals...??

[ydolphin]

This looks like those they sell at angling shops for fishing .. if it is, then it's harmless to the touch

[Whiskie]

Looks like baby bristle worm.

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[fishcake]

Looks like a bristle worm

[fishcake]

Have a closer picture?

[Guest]

kill it before it breed. Kidding. Take it out if it's visible. It's a pest although it can be consider a clean up crew.

[mechgobi]

will post the recent pic, it have moved into zoa colony, guess eating small debris in water column, dont sure though... looks likes attached to polyp

[Reeffer]

should be a bristleworm

you will be surprised how big they can get

they can grow to one feet long by snaking around within one piece of lr

[Kelvin Ang]

How the kill it if it's in the live sand ??

[Kelvin Ang]

How to kill . Sorry type wrong just now .

[asg]

在一个月黑风高的晚上。。。take a chopsticks and pick them out.

What i did was take the rock that it is hiding and do a fresh water soak for few minutes... it will run out of the rock...

[beelim]

This bugger infested rapidly in my old tank. Had to remove all rocks and sands to totally wipe them out... Becareful not to touch it, full of spiny thorns!

[noobz]

Can try use gush catch pen

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[beelim]

Thats a good idea! But still u need to remove all the rocks. They are all hiding inside and under.

[Dez Ching]

OMG! I realized my currently on cycling tank too has such tiny bristle worms buried in the sand bed.
After I saw you guys mentioned that it will grow and then crawled up to my already cured dead rocks, I think I will have to be fast before such dreadness happens... But how to possibly catch all sial...?

[noobz]

Can put some food inside the catch pen to lure them in

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[wanwan]

There are many thing inside my reef tank. I dint know what is gd and what is bad.. I also killed some crab and later found out that is a gd cleaner crab for acro... Very difficult leh.

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[noobz]

Catch pen hole is small. Only worms like can crawl in

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[Dez Ching]

Catch pen hole is small. Only worms like can crawl in

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Catch pen? Can elaborate on this?

DIY catch pen?

[noobz]

Google Gush Catch Pen

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[Dez Ching]

Google Gush Catch Pen

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Oooh, something new to me. I'm a learned man now.

Thanks.

[noobz]

Oooh, something new to me. I'm a learned man now.

Thanks.

welcome. Previously used this to catch worm when I was keeping shrimp.

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[Dez Ching]

Why is it so specific? Shrimp can't have worms?