Hitchhiker ID

[Tanner]

I took a peek in my tank and on the sand I see a little red worm looking thing with little white spikes or something comming out, its to tiny to get a picture of, I think i may have to take it out of the tank to photograph it.

It looks something like this

But MUCH smaller, and I find it highly unlikely I have a sea cucumber hitchhiker lmao
Just using the pic for refernce until I get a good one.

 

[Tanner]

Update:

Theres 2 , this was the best pic I could get



clickity to enlarge:)

 

[yote]

Bristle worms.There actually good guys.Just leave em alone and they'll feed on fish waste and uneatten fish food.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep, that is a bristleworm. You have hundreds of them living in your rock and sand. They are great cleaners and are harmless.

 

[Tanner]

Hooray! Lol

 

[dcantucson]

Tanner just be careful and don't grab ahold of one. They sting like a mother fu@ker. It can take days to get the bristles out of your skin.