I need identification of this creature!!

[devon9832]

Hey guys and gals. Can someone identify this for me? I saw it crawling from under my shrooms and lurking around my tank. It stretchs to be veryyyy long. and then it curls up and goes back under the mushrooms. HMMMMM... someone help please.. its cool looking

 

[Alexander]

you got yourself a bristleworm! congrats! they are very good for your tank they are voracious detriavores and take care of all kind of waste/dead animals. dont listen to the skeptical talk of any noob that is terrified of them.

 

[d2mini]

I'm a newb and I'm terrified of them! KILL! KILL! KILLLLLL!!!!!

lol, i kid... i kid.

Except the part about being terrified of them. :yikesu:

 

[devon9832]

cool thanks......

 

[cthegame]

bristleworm as Alex has mentioned. Congrats. They make great snacks too JK

 

[Alexander]

bristleworm as Alex has mentioned. Congrats. They make great snacks too JK

They make a great snack for a fish like a six line wrasse. but definitely not humans :D

EDIT: thanks for not being too much of a n00b and actually posting pics for us!

 

[devon9832]

lol. just when i was thinking about tasting it. But its too long

 

[Alexander]

oooh i tried soooooo hard to fight saying this but, THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!

 

[devon9832]

oooh i tried soooooo hard to fight saying this but, THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!

BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I set myself up for that one

 

[Alexander]

HAHAHA you sure did

 

[d2mini]

oooh i tried soooooo hard to fight saying this but, THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!

LOL, i was THIS close to typing that. :mrgreen:

 

[Piggy]

That's a very long long bristleworm.

 

[Alexander]

i was thinking that same thing. And was amazed that it was so out in the open with the lights on. there must not really be anything in your tank as far as livestock.

 

[Piggy]

I never see them in my tank. I've seen some very small ones in the sump.

 

[devon9832]

i was thinking that same thing. And was amazed that it was so out in the open with the lights on. there must not really be anything in your tank as far as livestock.

naw.. All I have in there now is yellow tang and a clown. I want to get my corals and anenomes b4 I put any others in there.

 

[Alexander]

still surprising it dares to come out like that

 

[devon9832]

I thought it was cool looking. I was hoping that it wasn't a predator because it looked cool. Good looking guys. I like going home to find different things growing and living in the tank.

 

[yote]

Thats my favorite part of the hobby.

 

[defcon235]

Very good creature to have, just dont touch it.

 

[devon9832]

now there is a few in there that im noticing. Do they just grow from others? or r they just hitchhikers?