twisting swimming worm?

[sw-addict]

Its late at night and I'm watching my tank again my attnics are still on and I see this little white thing just haulin @## across my tank. It propels itself by twisting like a corkscrew and looks like a white bristle worm with a light grey tail section. Well I caught it in a test vial, because in the tank photo just looked like a blur. I have a pic but dont know how to post so my avitar is the pic for a few days, its the best shot I can get. Should I keep this worm out of my display? What the heck is it? And can sombody explain how to post a pic? Please explain pic part like I am 3.

 

[sw-addict]

Sorry bout the bad pic the worm is up by the cap on the glass.

 

[Electrobes]

what pic ?? you sure you hit the upload button?

 

[sw-addict]

There was a pic I took it off cause it was horible sorry

 

[reefrunner69]

I didn't see the pic, but it sounds like an epitoke (sp?).

 

[notmuffy]

I have a worm that propels itself like you described, except it doesn't look like a bristle worm; mine just looks white. I just left him in there. I figure even if he is a 'bad' worm, there are probably other, worse things in there I DON"T know about.

 

[sw-addict]

Mine was white too. When I got him out of the tank I noticed all the britles or feet, and he had a light grey tail. By the time I figured out how to post pics I had already put it back in the tank. If I see him again I will post the pic here I promise.

 

[grimlock3000]

Found this thread in a seach...

I have some of these in my tank. About 1 inch long, kinda like a Brisleworm with a lighter colored tail section. Any ideas on what these are? I had 3 going around in my tank at one time with the lights off, all corksrewing away. I even watched one get sucked right through a powerhead I checked a couple houres later and they were all back down in the substrate. Or killed by the powerhead.

 

[sw-addict]

the most common answer that I recieved was reefrunners answer epitoke. If I remember right its a larval stage of a worm in my case I belive bristle worm. I have had alot of them scince then and decided they must not be bad.

 

[i have crabs]

i have a couple little orange coloured ones that my cardinals eat while im tryin to watch them cought a couple and got rid of them but just leave them in thier now

 

[grimlock3000]

I changed my filter floss yesterday and there were three worms trapped in it. I tried to free them with no luck. After going through the impeller, they got a little munched up and the remaining worm sections became totally entwined in the floss.

As a result, I will no longer use filter floss I just have a course sponge, which any worm would be able to get through just fine. Maybe the worms could just stay in the gravel?

 

[sw-addict]

be careful when touching those, the little hairs will release from the worm and into your skin and that hurts. I read somewhere that the hairs are designed to work their way deeper and deeper into your skin the more you move. I bumped one while aquascaping one time and started pulling the hairs with tweezers and they did not want to come out, they caused me pain for a few days.