critter ID???

[Zack]

Hey
found this guy on very old liverock today at night time. NJot sure what it is any ideas?? Also when a small piece of sps coral feel he kinda like expanded in width a bit. Looks like he has needeals, is it a bristle worm. he is a good 4" in lenth.

any idea???

http://www.hostedimage.com/is.php?i=9388&img=dscf0165.jpg

[Telco Guy]

Yes, I'd say it is a Bristle worm. Some people say these should be removed, but more recently the consensus is to leave them. Turns out they are a good part of a cleanup crew. Just be careful with them. Some bristle worms can sting like a bee sting. These are also referred to as Fire worms.

[Zack]

Thanks for the help!! glad it's not going to kill me tank LOL :lol:

[Telco Guy]

You might want to do some research on these if you have clams. For some reason I'm thinking that they might bother clams. :shock:

[Condiman]

Usually the bigger they are the more trouble they are

[H3R0]

i would remove it cause when it come to my clams i dont play arownd... but these guys do get really big from what ive seen... like the bigest last week on some live rock i was putting out for sale, found one that was about 5 or 6 inches
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