ugly little !@#$ers

[daves new nano]

Hi

 

while i was checking my tank last night just before lights out i noticed these two worm type criters on the sand near a bit of LR

i wasnt shore what they are so i fished em out quick time.

 

there about 3/4" long segmented with a pair of "legs" or breathers or something on each segment that are a pinkish colour, there bodies are grey green with a small black head tapering to a split tail.

 

has anyone got any idea what they could be or if there harmfull to my tank?

 

ill try and post some pics of the as soon as i can work how to get good macro shots with my camera

 

cheers

 

Dave

 

"fill the unforgiving minute"

[dakine]

Sounds like bristle worms, but impossible to say without a pic. Bristle worms are nothing to worry about, they are good scavengers. Some places even sell them! Try not to handle them because those things on each segment sting like a mutha.

[daves new nano]

thanks dakine thats put my mind at ease i kinda freaked when i saw em squirming round on the sand.

 

i managed to take adecent pic of them.

[dakine]

Yep, looks like bristle worms to me.

[BKtomodachi]

Hmmmmm not normal, really. The whitish one looks like a bristleworm, but I'd take the greenish reddish one out.

[Travis]

Not sure what they are, but I don't think that they are normal every day bristle worms. Sorry I can't help with the ID

[kamalehi]

bearded fire/bristle worm &bristleworm

[daves new nano]

thanks for all the info folks u've all been a great help,

 

ive taken em both out already just in case