Centipede type crawlers

[Fishtale]

I've got these centipede looking bugs on my live rock in my nano
When I picked up the rock they crawled on me ??
Anyone tell me if I should be trying to rid myself of these ? I don't have them in my large reef aquarium

 

[Flake]

They're bristleworms. They make traps for them if they bother you, otherwise they're pretty got for the tanks, they eat detritus and help keep the tank clean.

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

really goood cuc addition id keep em

 

[the_fish_man]

+1 with all the above

 

[Henry405]

Just try to don't touch them, the bristles hurt

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

they can get big too.

 

[melosu58]

Look like this?

 

[Fishtale]

They dont look like that
They are tiny tiny crawl up my arm size of a small small any really fast

 

[johnmaloney]

amphipods?

 

[Fishtale]

So they live in my display and on my rock fish don't want to eat them
So like lice fleas ?!
They are good than ?

 

[johnmaloney]

amphipods are generally considered good. not all fish will bother with amphipods if they are fed regularly. I feel like if I get lazy on feeding the pod population gets picked on more, but usually the clowns can care less. It depends on the species of fish, my sixline likes to hunt them, bluehead wrasse is the same, but the rainbow wrasse can't be bothered. go figure.

lice and fleas are different they are terrestial bugs, different story there

 

[Fishtale]

My fish tried to eat one but spit it out like it was prickly
No one eats them

 

[Gregcoyote]

Look like this?

That is a picture of what you don't want to have. Those worms are much fatter and bigger and very poisonous. On the reef they get up to 6" long and almost an inch wide. Their spines are like Fiberglas and can really hurt. The little ones are fine, these big orange ones need to go if you see one. Just be careful.

 

[Fishtale]

I'm sorry I don't see the picture
No image came to me
Thanks for the warning

 

[Gregcoyote]

Go back about 6 replies ago.

 

[boardsurfer]

That is a picture of what you don't want to have. Those worms are much fatter and bigger and very poisonous. On the reef they get up to 6" long and almost an inch wide. Their spines are like Fiberglas and can really hurt. The little ones are fine, these big orange ones need to go if you see one. Just be careful.

Sorry, but I disagree. I haven't found anything wrong with them being in the tank. I've had an 8" one in my reef tank before. They benefit a tank, and I see nothing wrong with them. I feel a lot of the time, they get a bad rap. To each's own, though.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I'm not that into poisonous worms. I did have a Lion Fish for years, so you're right, there is a creature for everybody...just be careful, if you grab him wrong, he will make you cry for Mama.