Anybody know what kind of worm this is?

[jasno999]

Anybody know what kind of worm this is?

I saw this thing in the morning with a flashlight. The video is 30 seconds long and it is hard to see the worm till ghe very end. It is tiny and was sort of hiding in the barbs of my Urchin.
Look at the top left portion of the urchin. When the movie gets to the 20 second range you should see it. At the very end you see it moving.

Any ideas on what it is?

 

[Deanos]

It's part of the urchin, probably the tube feet.

 

[jasno999]

Did you watch the video??? I am guessign that you did nto watch it could it is pretty obvious that this is a worm and is in no way attached to the urchin. It was simply hiding on the urchin between it's spines.

Watch the video and wait till the end and you will see it squggle at the top left portion of the screen.

 

[Deanos]

I've watched the video twice

 

[Deanos]

Oh, that thing?! Good luck IDing that.

 

[Babe88]

It moves so fast. How am I supposed to tell?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

LOL. next time you see it try to remove it w/ a turkey baster or tubing. then you'll have a better chance of iding

 

[reefman]

it is a wigglely worm.
i've seen it once in a while. always at nite n then disappears usually eaten by something. it kicks itself to move around in the water column.

 

[noodleman]

perhaps a bristle worm? I see them swiming around in my tank once ina while

 

[leoskee]

Its not a bristle worm. Ive had them in my tank before. Ive seen blue ones and red ones. The swim around by wiggling their bodies rapidly. They then stop and float towards the bottom of the tank. Never caused a problem in my tanks. They remind me of moquito larva except that they are cylindrical.

I wouldnt worry about it.

 

[jasno999]

Sorry- THe video is not too bad on my computer but when I upload it to photobucket it's quality declines....