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I picked up some coral from a member shutting down their tank. I have the coral in a QT tank. I poured the entire bucket of water the coral came with. The water was from the original tank.

There were these white things floating around the water. I also a live orange coloured worm. I suctioned it all out with a turkey baster and it is in this container. I shall keep sucking them up for the next few days as I observe the coral. The coral are on frags and does have aptasia. So the whole monitoring was for the aptasia.

So what are the white floaty things? Does worms?
 

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Pink/orange guy with spikes? Bristle worm. You will get them, they eat detritus. If you touch it, it will leave clear spikes in your finger. Use tape to pull the spikes out from your finger.
 
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H2OPlayar said:
Pink/orange guy with spikes? Bristle worm. You will get them, they eat detritus. If you touch it, it will leave clear spikes in your finger. Use tape to pull them out.

White guys? Tube worms I think. Good filter feeders.
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I used to pull out bristle worms from a previous tank every night until they were all gone
 
I personally hate how bristle worms look yuck. But my main sps tank has them and well that tank has no alage cyano issues etc. Only a few dots of bubble alage from introducing corals with it. Compared to my other tanks it's pristine.

My 210 to my knowledge has zero. I was extremely care to ensure I didn't add any. Not foolish enough to imply I won't know ever get any lol it only take one after all. Yet thank tank only has pods and asterinas. I wouldn't use this a proof but I figure bristles worms in proper portions fill a legitimate niche especially with crushed coral substrate. They help keep the tank spotless eating waste and detritus.

If you're over feeding than they can become a plague or get huge to the point small fish are at risk. They are easy to get rid of than other things and help more than they harm if you don't have to many.

So I hate how the look while liking the work they do. They look so low budget sci-fi killer creature Is the only reason I wouldn't want them.

Random but what looks more bizarre I have them only in my nem tank is spaghetti worms. Lmao they look like miniature versions of the worms from the movie tremors to me any way.
 
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