worms.....

ok we know some are good some are bad and some just plain uglyyyyyy. ok so tonight at lights out i notice not 1 not 2 but 3 peanut worms.....one i knew about thought it was cool... the other 2 now makes me kinda worry. i dont think they bad 1 is bout 6 inches stretched out 2nd i seen only about 2 inches and the 3rd is about 1 inch.... these are stretched out lookin to graze/eat.
1. how bad are they really?
2. best way to get a peanut worm out since they burrowed in the rocks with other living creatures...(brittle star...clam)
3. what will eat a peanut worm?

 

So you are sure that they are all peanut worms? If so then they are benefical detrivours.

 

Here you go. Everything you ever wanted to know about a peanut worm and more lol

Peanuts by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

 

Man looking at that functional morphology pic just amazes me.

 

im pretty sure they all in the peanut worm family... the longer one is and the other 2 like similar to it

 

thanx cuttin but i already read that page and a few others.... i understand they eat detrtites(sp) but should i let them all go or should i try to get control before the amount gets outa hand.

 

I would leave them be. If they get out of control it will be because you have an overabundance of nutrients/detritus for them to feed on so as long as you keep that in check, you'll have a normal sized population.

 

I would let them be also nice lil bonus for a clean up crew...