Hi everyone! Thought I’d share some pictures of these hitchhikers I had for a little while now. The orange colored “worms” usually hang out in the sand bed, I dug up two of them for the picture. They’re easy to find since they leave a trail of tentacles over the sand bed. The white dots are baby tube worms I think. And the last hitchhiker reminds me of a freshwater hydra, just much more clustered together. I’d think if it was aiptasia (which I haven’t dealt with yet thankfully) it would’ve grown much larger since I’ve had that frag in my tank for awhile.
Anyone know these reef hitchhikers?
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BiGGiePauls33
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1st pic - spaghetti worms (good guys)
2nd pic - possibly vermetid snail or feather dusters etc
3rd pic - notr sure
Try here: https://reefs.com/pest/
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2nd pic - possibly vermetid snail or feather dusters etc
3rd pic - notr sure
Try here: https://reefs.com/pest/
CREATURE ID | Melev's Reef
Thx for the links!1st pic - spaghetti worms (good guys)
2nd pic - possibly vermetid snail or feather dusters etc
3rd pic - notr sure
Try here: https://reefs.com/pest/
CREATURE ID | Melev's Reef
Mike Lemming
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I had the first pic in my last tank. They didn't bother anything, just were unsightly in my opinion..
Fan worms for the second pic? They sure look like spirobid to me. I don't know of fan worms that look anything like that.
These are Spirobid worms and are nothing like feather dusters/fan worms.
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