Fireworm/Bristol?

[Civicman86]

When I turned on a spotlight in the tank tonight I seem to see a TON of these little creatures. I think they are bristle/fireworms (found the above pic from searching some on the net). I cant really find a good opinion on them, and why I have so many. I would say there is 15+ in my 10gallon tank. ANyone have any ideas?

As soon as I hit the spotlight on them they quickly went back to their hiding spots (some in shells some back in the rocks).

 

[Fluff]

They are bristleworms. If you have an over abundance, then it's because they are being well fed. I have a ton of them in my seahorse tank because the seahorses have to be fed alot and there is alot of waste. They are for the most part harmless janitors so I wouldn't worry but if you want to slow them down, the first thing I would look at is how often and how much you are feeding. HTH

 

[Civicman86]

Well I was feeing just the tank for a little bit since my goby decided to carpet surf. Im guessing the reproduced off that cuase I dont remember there being that many before like a week or so ago.