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bpatterson617
11/19/2011, 02:33 PM
Hey everyone, my dad has recently noticed these worms in his recently set up 65 gallon. He used dry rock and dry sand from marco rocks for the set up so I think they are hitchhikers from a few of his recently bought frags...but either way, he and I have done some searching on the internet with no luck so far for an ID so I figured while we keep looking maybe someone here knows what they are. He said he has seen up to five of them at one time, they are all going back in the rock towards a central location, and he has never seen both ends of any of any worm at one time. With that being said is it possible that this is actually all one critter or is it just more likely they have a nest back in that area? Any identifying information would be greatly appreciated as well as if it needs to be removed from the system. Thanks in advance for any help!
BLKTANG
11/19/2011, 02:51 PM
Spaghetti worms.Harmless.
bpatterson617
11/19/2011, 03:31 PM
Thanks for the quick reply!! I really appreciate the help! :beer:
jacob.morgan78
11/19/2011, 05:52 PM
Could it be the legs of a brittle star? Check into it... If they are then they're good too
kingfisher62
11/19/2011, 06:23 PM
Brittle stars are what I am seeing also!
BLKTANG
11/19/2011, 07:00 PM
Kinda looks like these to me.

This is not my picture.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/1974d/SpaghettiWorms.jpg
kingfisher62
11/19/2011, 07:27 PM
I got those also but I still think the first pic shows brittle stars.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/Kingfish62/DSCF3490.jpg
mystikdragon7
11/19/2011, 08:35 PM
I will have to go with sea stars. I thought spaghetti worms are found in the substrate??
jacob.morgan78
11/19/2011, 09:09 PM
I got those also but I still think the first pic shows brittle stars.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/Kingfish62/DSCF3490.jpg

That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen... What is it?