any idea which bug this is?

[Anubis1]

tiny.. has little hairs all over except for his belly... was found on my live rock when i got it in today.. doesn't look like he is gonna make it.. but just want to see what he is.. any ideas? Thanks!

 

[tazdevil]

Don't hold that! Your looking at a bristle worm. They can be beneficial or harmful, sounds like a higher percent are beneficial though.


p.s. they aren't called bristle worms for nothing. I was serious about the don't hold that!

 

[Anubis1]

now you tell me! j/k

actually he was being attacked by a little worm who was also not doing to well.. i seperated them.. the other worm seemed to be the nastier of the two.. (longer, skinnier, red and bristly) this little guy just crawled a little on my fingers and wiggled at me..

he's still in a plastic cup.. not in with my live rock..

 

[Anubis1]

oh... also.. he is furry all over his back.. not just along his sides.. the only place that isn't is his belly..

i didn't think he was a bristle worm because he didn't have a hairless back like the pics I have seen..

 

[bleedingthought]

actually he was being attacked by a little worm who was also not doing to well.. i seperated them.. the other worm seemed to be the nastier of the two.. (longer, skinnier, red and bristly) this little guy just crawled a little on my fingers and wiggled at me..

Do you have any fish or corals in your tank or you just protect the worms like that?

Next big thing will be saltwater worm tanks! :lol:

 

[Anubis1]

I have a tank with JUST water, sand and rock

it's still cycling

both were in the process of dying from being shipped with the rock.. so I didn't see any sense in letting one torture the other since i didn't know what they were

pardon me for asking a simple question

 

[Anonymous]

I would just put it back in the tank - put it on th other side if you want to seperate them.

 

[bleedingthought]

I have a tank with JUST water, sand and rock

it's still cycling

both were in the process of dying from being shipped with the rock.. so I didn't see any sense in letting one torture the other since i didn't know what they were

pardon me for asking a simple question

Simple joke my friend, no harm meant. :wink:

Let's see a pic of that tank when you get the chance, since we love to see them!