spagetti worm on my rock

[Jenn Cos]

I see pinkish wormlike feelers coming out of one of my rocks
Should I worry about this worm and try to remove it?
I read a spagetti worm could get really big...
It's not near my sand bed , its on a rock I stacked way at the top of the tank
It's Creepy looking
Help please , Thanks

 

[Riverserver]

Don't waste your time, you wont be able to get it

They're pretty harmless...

 

[Jenn Cos]

will it be harmful

Its a new set up , Just rock so far... I could isolate this rock and remove it if I should ,or is this worm thing good to have

 

[alpha123]

You won't be able to kill them all. But what I do is put one bicolor dotty back fish in the tank. It is known as worm killers. Worms mostly are good, I just don't wanna see too many of them.

Make sure you do some research on the fish if you gonna use it.

 

[Jenn Cos]

Will the dotty back eat feather dusters

Is a feather duster considered a worm?
I like those . Thats a good idea to get the fish who will eat the spagetti ... as long as it wont eat everything else.

 

[Amphiprion]

It is unnecessary, if not somewhat undesirable, to get rid of such worms. They are actually beneficial. I don't think you'll get an overpopulation of spaghetti worms (terebellids, that is).

 

[Jenn Cos]

Should I move it to the bottom

Should I try to place that rock with the worm on the bottom of the tank for cleaning up the sand , now its at the very top of my stacked rocks near the water surface.

 

[alpha123]

No. I don't know of anything that can touch a feather duster. They are just too darn quick.