Title: Found a type of worm in live sand
r33f-boy - August 4, 2006 10:15 PM (GMT)
Well, I never saw it before but i found a sort of brown worm thingy in my live sand 1 week after the purchase of my live sand. Is it a bad thing or a good thing? It makes those streak lines in my sand. Like these
http://www.exoticfish.com/img.cfm?s=full&id=37631Not my picture. I borrowed it. Help asap!
Perfectblue - August 4, 2006 10:35 PM (GMT)
They are worm trails create by various worms that live in sandbeds. They are beneficial and pose no harm.
bartier - August 4, 2006 11:01 PM (GMT)
Wouldn't that help to remove air pockets in the sand?
Mitternacht - August 5, 2006 04:31 AM (GMT)
neat, what are they called? That's cool.
r33f-boy - August 5, 2006 02:36 PM (GMT)
Thanks PB, I was starting to think that it's a bristle worm. But I know that my live rocks were fully cured before i got it. So since there is one, does that mean there might be a chance that there is more than one in there?
r33f-boy - August 7, 2006 03:40 PM (GMT)
Perfectblue - August 11, 2006 12:40 AM (GMT)
Yes there are probably many more small worms that live throughout your sandbed and yes they do help keep the sandbed stirred.
r33f-boy - August 11, 2006 01:41 AM (GMT)
flamingonhot - August 29, 2006 11:17 PM (GMT)
Bristle worms can show up in cured rock just to let you know :P
But...you probably just have spaghetti worms, 100 percent harmless, 100 percent beneficial. They're commonly bought to help stir sand and eat detritus.