Mobile Bay Reef Keepers

Ok I dont have a picture yet...camera broke, but this is how I can best explain it:
Ita about an inch or a little longer. Brown in color, and has many many many legs. Best thing I can relate it to is a centipede.
Any Ideas?

doesnt look like this does it!

http://%20www.oregonreef.com./sub_worm.htm

Common Bristleworm, more than likely you have more than you know. I have them ranging from a centimeter to about 9 inches. It's kind of scarry to see one at night and not ever see the caboose when it come out of a rock.

my idea was much more dramatic. but i agree, prolly just a bristleworm.

Yeah its a bristle worm. I killed it! haha. Yeah you will have to bear with me, I am very new to salt water. I'm thinking about getting an arrow crab to take care of any others in case they are the ones that eat coral tissue, but I dont know. Thanks

well, most people think they are beneficial and dont bother with them. however, i did catch one attacking a snail. he may have been hungry though, it was at the end of the tank cycling and i didnt have anything to feed, so no food was put in there. i havent caught any doing that since i got some fish and there have been some "scraps" they can eat.

crsswift70 wrote:well, most people think they are beneficial and dont bother with them. however, i did catch one attacking a snail. he may have been hungry though, it was at the end of the tank cycling and i didnt have anything to feed, so no food was put in there. i havent caught any doing that since i got some fish and there have been some "scraps" they can eat.

Chances are if it was happened while you were cycling your tank the snail was already dead. Snails aren't always the most hardy creatures. I have lost snails any time i ever had a big fluctuation in water quality over the years. Not all of them but they do seem to die more often when water params change.