Worm Pictures

Is there such a thing as a good flatworm? like grey planaria?
An elegance coral I bought was loaded with them and that same coral was looking pretty bad a month or two ago... like they were cleaning it.
Either way, they are all bad for an SPS tank though right????

 

Only certain types eat acropora, not necessarily bad. Even harmless worms can become a problem if their population grows too large and they start covering coral and starving it of light.
You can dip all new coral in Revive and turkey baster them off.

Also a couple other worm ID/info links.

Polychaete Title
Polychaete Annelid Identification, or “You Can Always Tell A Bristle Worm… by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

 

HOLLY $#*^!!! I thought they were bristle worms!!! I had FIREWORMS!!! Dang, gla i got rid of them!!!

 

Great, now I am all freaked out...I just bought a couple small softies and on the hairy mushroom, I shined a flashlight on it at night and saw like 3 worms. Not even sure if they are still there or migrated away. But this mush is only like 4 inches big, and there were 3 worms, GROSSSSS...can't I just let my tank do it's thing or do I need to intervene?

 

Watch for the worms, get pics, or refer to this page n see whatcha got

 

bummer I killed a peanut worm the otherr night not knowing what it was....