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I'm posting two pictures of this type of worm I keep finding in my sand. I was finally able to catch this one. I've seen them for the past month or so but they are hard to find and when I try to catch them they quickly bury themselves in the sand until I can't find them anymore.
So a couple questions:
1. Do you know what kind of animal this is?
2. Is it harmful to my reef tank (corals, polyps, anemones, crabs, fish, etc.)
3. If it is harmful, how do I get rid of it and what will it do to my tank?
Thanks.
- 60 gallon - 1 Buenos Aires, 9 Red Serpae, 6 Pristella & 2 Black Neon Tetras, 9 Longfin Blue Danios, 2 Julii Leopard Corys, 1 Rainbow Shark (6 inches, 8 years old), 1 Pictus Catfish (4.75 inches, 1 year old)
- 30 gallon - 2 Comet Goldfish (5.5 inches each, 10 years old), 1 Blue Lobster (3.5 inches, 1 year old)
- 20 gallon - 5 male MM Platies
- 5 gallon - 1 male Halfmoon Doubletail Betta
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A cool looking thing.
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regular old bristleworm. dont grab them, the white things are venomous spines. also if they get too much food they get BIG.
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After Katorin said they were bristle worms, I looked them up and saw pretty bad pictures of the stings. I'm glad I was never able to catch them with my fingers.
I've only seen a couple here or there and they don't seem to be bothering my animals so I'll leave them for now and just keep my feeding in check.
Thanks again for the help. 
- 60 gallon - 1 Buenos Aires, 9 Red Serpae, 6 Pristella & 2 Black Neon Tetras, 9 Longfin Blue Danios, 2 Julii Leopard Corys, 1 Rainbow Shark (6 inches, 8 years old), 1 Pictus Catfish (4.75 inches, 1 year old)
- 30 gallon - 2 Comet Goldfish (5.5 inches each, 10 years old), 1 Blue Lobster (3.5 inches, 1 year old)
- 20 gallon - 5 male MM Platies
- 5 gallon - 1 male Halfmoon Doubletail Betta
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