What is this? Is it bad for saltwater tank?

[Barragan88]

Bought Marco rock right away I put it in the tank, got 2 coral from Petco: mushroom and Kenya tree after a month in the tank with 3 fishes I ordered more Marco rock to start aquascaping I think is called, break the rock and redesign it, so the new rock came I broke it and since it wasn’t enough 10 lbs, I took out the 9 lbs that I had inside the tank, I broke it also in small pieces, that’s when I saw what I thought it was leftover food and moved it with a finger then saw that it was like a worm, needles to say I am still doing the rock design and that worm I left it outside much likely will die out of the water..

 

[reefah]

that bristleworm. tbh youll find people say there good and bad for the tank.... personally not fan. I toss them

 

[Sharkbait19]

Agree it’s a bristleworm.
Harmless for the tank, I personally like them - apparently so did my pistol shrimp because he ate all of mine. I kinda miss the little guys.

 

[Barragan88]

that bristleworm. tbh youll find people say there good and bad for the tank.... personally not fan. I toss them

I didn’t see anymore and as of now it’s been like 30 mins the Rick been out of the tank, so they die out of water and what can I do to get rid of it once I reintroduce it to the tank? I might try the Clorox thing that I saw in the channel bulk reef supply, is it good?

 

[Barragan88]

Agree it’s a bristleworm.
Harmless for the tank, I personally like them - apparently so did my pistol shrimp because he ate all of mine. I kinda miss the little guys.

So it’s not a pest? But it also doesn’t do anything good for the tank?

 

[Mellotang]

Eats waste so that’s a good thing

 

[Sharkbait19]

They eat waste and help keep the sand clean - they just aren’t the most pleasant to look at for a lot of people.

 

[Barragan88]

Eats waste so that’s a good thing

ohhh didn’t know, thank you very much for the valuable information

 

[Barragan88]

They eat waste and help keep the sand clean - they just aren’t the most pleasant to look at for a lot of people.

This one it was there I guess for a month without me noticing it until I took out the rock and broke it

 

[shakacuz]

So it’s not a pest? But it also doesn’t do anything good for the tank?

to some, it is a pest depending how much you feed (the more you feed, the more it reproduces/grows). people just don't like the idea of having a worm with bristles (kind of like a porcupine) roaming their tank potentially poking fish, heck, even corals.

personally i don't like it. but to each their own.

 

[Barragan88]

to some, it is a pest depending how much you feed (the more you feed, the more it reproduces/grows). people just don't like the idea of having a worm with bristles (kind of like a porcupine) roaming their tank potentially poking fish, heck, even corals.

personally i don't like it. but to each their own.

That settles it not for my tank, thank you very much since I’m new all this helps a lot

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thats crazy. These arent welcomed in any of my tanks BUT eats detritus and uneaten food