Hello,
I have these worms in my tank and I cant figure out what type of worm they are. They are FAST and hide 99% of the time. I haven't seen them do anything bad though I do not like them. They are carnivorous as far as I can tell as when I had a fish die I saw multiple of these worms floating vertically eating the corpse (They did not kill the fish I knew it was going to die due to other reasons the night before).
The only way I have ever caught them has been by picking up the rock or shell they are hiding in. I have had little success with traps. They are honestly the reason I purchased my microscope. They also do not seem to like light.
I have removed them as much as possible but there are 100% more.
Below are pictures and videos of the worm under the microscope. I have one sample remaining (I got lucky and caught 2) in case I need to provide other angles etc...
I think it might be Oenone Fulgida but im unsure. (I really hope its not as I have no idea how I would remove them...)
Let me know what you all think.
(The video was too large to process so I am going to post it to my google drive and make it public)
Video Link:
![PXL_20230205_015436848.jpg PXL_20230205_015436848.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2934/2934264-d865f44ec62228a8dc0ef681e2c1821a.jpg)
I have these worms in my tank and I cant figure out what type of worm they are. They are FAST and hide 99% of the time. I haven't seen them do anything bad though I do not like them. They are carnivorous as far as I can tell as when I had a fish die I saw multiple of these worms floating vertically eating the corpse (They did not kill the fish I knew it was going to die due to other reasons the night before).
The only way I have ever caught them has been by picking up the rock or shell they are hiding in. I have had little success with traps. They are honestly the reason I purchased my microscope. They also do not seem to like light.
I have removed them as much as possible but there are 100% more.
Below are pictures and videos of the worm under the microscope. I have one sample remaining (I got lucky and caught 2) in case I need to provide other angles etc...
I think it might be Oenone Fulgida but im unsure. (I really hope its not as I have no idea how I would remove them...)
Let me know what you all think.
(The video was too large to process so I am going to post it to my google drive and make it public)
Video Link:
![IMG1021_027.JPG IMG1021_027.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2934/2934258-4b95c2e03eb6dc39b4e6403205d537e8.jpg)
![IMG1021_026.JPG IMG1021_026.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2934/2934259-179a0fff457386dd7f8a4981aea725df.jpg)
![IMG1021_024.JPG IMG1021_024.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2934/2934260-4049b82ad35241135b1afeb6567a7349.jpg)
![PXL_20230205_015436848.jpg PXL_20230205_015436848.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2934/2934264-d865f44ec62228a8dc0ef681e2c1821a.jpg)