Worms??

[torombolo]

Can anyone help me identify this worms?
Are this worms BAD?( I know probably dumb question)
This worms are all over my substrate.
How can I get rid of them??
Thanks in advance fo the help.

[leebca]

It may be worth posting to Dr. Shimek. I don't recognize them.

[torombolo]

Thanks Lee, where shoul I post this?

[Reefland]

I moved your thread for you.

[Minh Nguyen]

It seem to be Medusa or Spaghetti worms. The scientific name escapes me at the moment. They have about 10 or so tentacles at the head and poke out of the sand like a bunch of spaghetti strands. They are fine, and good for the tank as scavengers.

[leebca]

I thought it could be spaghetti worms, except from the photo the 'arms' look too thick. See: Critter ID request...

[torombolo]

Thanks for the help!!!

[Ninong]

I think some of you guys are missing the fact that his photograph is a view through the glass wall of the tank into the sand bed. We are not looking at any "arms" or buccal tentacles at all. We are looking at beneficial polychaetes up against the glass beneath the sand. That may or may not affect your opinions as to what they are.

[leebca]

That was my impression. They aren't lose 'arms' laying or thrashing about on the substrate surface, they are buried more like bristleworms.

[Ninong]

The advice is still the same: They are good guys! I just don't think they are spaghetti worms.