hitchiker eel?

[twon8]

last night right before lights off i spotted what i thought was a long zoanthid polyp torpedoing through the water, but when it approached the glass i could see that it clearly was some sort of animal, about 2-3" long, with finned/flattened tail and a clear head with some antenea? on it, it was white in color

any ideas about what it might be?
this is in a 180, so no realistic way of trying to find it, though i think it may have gone over the overflow shortly after i saw it.

any ideas are appreciated.

[jski711]

bristleworm??? not sure without a pic ya know. goodluck though

[jski711]

well now that i read flattened tail i retract my previous post.

[scaryperson27]

There is an edit/delete feature you can use for an hour after you post.

It is in the top right corner of your post.

[Tang Salad]

I've seen these in my tank before. They look exactly as described. I think they are some kind of worm, otherwise a wormy life stage of somethig else.

The first one I saw was spiral swimming for a few seconds before my Clarkii nailed it. He ate the whole thing.

[greenbean36191]

Probably the reproductive swarmer of a bristleworm.

[twon8]

no, it was much larger than a bristleworm, much thicker, and it had a defined head and tail, which were different.

tang salad, how often have you seen them.

the spiral swimming is distinctive,

[Tang Salad]

I've only seen them 2 or 3 times in over 5 years.

Note that Greenbean said it may be the 'reproductive swarmer' of a bristleworm, not a bristleworm.