Thanks so much for letting me know. Ya it's a large fat one kinda gross looking and scary lolthe bristle there is fine, sometimes the shrooms will be a bit disturbed by the worm.., but nothing major at all. if you aren't happy with having it there, will the shell with sand and push with fingers to go in much as possible.
Later if you wish genty you can use liquid super glue (not gel) to seal it with the sand in. that way it will die, it's small and isn't going to produce a lot of ammonia, which will be shortly gone by the bacterias, and that's it.
Or you can use jodine dip (for example) undiluted to put small amount in the shell (will be totally harmless for the mushrooms if they touch it), but don't put jodine straight over them, wigle a bit the shell to cna the jodine to go to the inner side in the shell, and put the shell in saltwater very slowly. That way the bristle worm will come out for sure and it will be like stunned. Wait it to come over 2/4 of it length and if you can gently pull it out if you see the other end which probably will be still in the shell.
And by the way, WELCOME TO R2R, wish you luck and enjoy the reefing
just try not to touch it with fingers, it will be pain if you get bristles.
Yeah I know. I have a basic idea of bristleworms at least. I've got a nice pinkish colored one that came with my feather duster.
another photo if you can ? better focus on it ?
Looks like a fireworm to me. They come in different colors, the thing that gives them away to me are the super white tufts of bristles that come off them and they’re generally more thick and flat then regular bristle worms. I don’t trust any of them personally. I’d get a pair of tweezers and pull that dude out or seal up the shell with glue and let him die in there. Once those things get going you’ll have a zillion if you aren’t careful.
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I agree with this completely I have had the shell in the front part of the tank facing the glass towards me and its still inside the shell thank god I've put it there so I'm able to keep a keen eye on it. I would agree with being able to remove it or to cover it with super glue. its been pretty harmless and hasn't come out of the shell at all. Thank God... What I would reallllly love to do is to be able to remove carefully the 2 discus mushrooms from the shell and to remove the shell completely out of my tank But, I'm not 100% sure how to even go about doing this because I don't want to disturb the corals or kill them at all in the process of doing that... and they're VERY hard to have them grow back onto something new as its a soft coral of course...Looks like a fireworm to me. They come in different colors, the thing that gives them away to me are the super white tufts of bristles that come off them and they’re generally more thick and flat then regular bristle worms. I don’t trust any of them personally. I’d get a pair of tweezers and pull that dude out or seal up the shell with glue and let him die in there. Once those things get going you’ll have a zillion if you aren’t careful.
Bristle Worms - Fireworms - Polychaete
What is a bristleworm and a fireworm? Learn the difference between the two as well as the types of saltwater bristleworms and fireworm identification guide.
Shows a pretty good video of a huge bristle worm and you can see the bristles are still kinda smal and off white in color. That change in coloration from the centerline of the worm to the edges screams fireworm to me too. Normally bristle worms are the same color across their body even though they may fade from a pink to a brownish color along their length.
I would glue that sucker inside the shell. If you aren’t sure if it’s in there maybe make a bristle worm trap using a bottle. They do a pretty good job. Basically just a minnow trap for worms. You cut the top of the bottle off and invert it. Glue the contraption together and bait with something stinky. They’ll go right in.
