Spaghetti worm ?

What is that and where did it come from?

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Spaghetti worm ?

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Just saw this on the web, guy said it was a spaghetti worm not buried in the sand. I have some of the striped arms like that under some of my mushrooms, wonder if that is what they really look like.
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i dunno,. the tank at work has em all over the place...wonder if theyre bad or good.
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The the ones you saw have little tan stripes across the legs vertically? Kinda looked like a baby serpent star but you never could see a disc ? I think they are cool and harmless from what I have seen.
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Is this a spaghetti worm? I know it is not the easiest thing to see, it isn't with my eyes either.. they are so thin.

I have lots of these that live in the holes in the rocks, the tentacles are white or pinkish, and are very long.
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Yes it is, also classified as a "parchment" worm too if I remember right. They will take the sand and make tubes out of it for protection. Everyone has thousands of these little guys. They can also eats some quite large things.
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This is definitely a strange fellow, one showed up in my 20 gallon from a piece of rock as a hitchhiker, hundreds of multi-colored tentacles. I cannot see the body but the arms are everywhere when i feed.
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We have these guys in our tank too.
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