What type of bristleworms?

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Petrichor

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Found two of these in a batch of snake polyps. They're red worms (or worm-like things) with white spikes. It was retreating into the rock when I took the picture. It's behind the large mushroom in the right side of the pic. Sorry for crappy cell pic, but I had to hurry off to work after taking it. Hopefully picture is big enough to see it!

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Looks like a regular bristle worm. They are good at cleaning up excess food, no need to,remove.
 
Ah good, that's what I was hoping to hear. Glad it's not a fireworm. Thanks!
 
I have to say, everyone is worried about the fireworms, but they are pretty rare to come in on live rock. I have never read on here that it has happened and their is a pretty frequent mention of bristleworms.

Hope that helps. Good luck
 
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