ID Please....

[ShawnJones]

I know that I am doing the cardinal sin of asking without a picture so I'll say sorry now. Anyway for the past few weeks I have seen a little tunnel develop in the substrate against the glass, well today I got a good look at the creature. This is some type of worm, aprox. 1 - 1.5 inches long, 1/16 in diameter, brownish color, does not appear to have any legs. It has a mouth on the front that appears to eat the substrate as is creates it tunnel. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[LittlePuff]

Not without a pic. Sounds like worms in normal live sand.

 

[Germanman]

prolly a trash tube worm, duster, or spaghetti worm.

 

[ShawnJones]

It was a bristol worm, I couldn't get an exact ID so to be safe I dug him out. There were three actually. Gone now though, no problems. Thanks for your help.

Shawn

 

[Fishieness]

It was a bristol worm, I couldn't get an exact ID so to be safe I dug him out. There were three actually. Gone now though, no problems. Thanks for your help.

Shawn

there is about a 99% chance you just threw away a good part of yoru clean up crew.

 

[LordsSoilder]

bristle worms = food for the coral banded shrimp...

like fishiness said, if you weren't sure about what they were and you just chucked em, you may have gotten rid of good worms :huh:

:help: +:read: =

 

[jojo22]

I love my bristle worms, I would never get rid of them!!

 

[Germanman]

yea....they are great for ur sand bed...well keep whatever ones u find from now on...they reproduce a lot anyway.

 

[ShawnJones]

I wish that I would have, however, If I can't identify them, I feel it's safer to remove them.

Thanks to everyone who gave their suggestions.