flatworm??

[scarf_ace1981]

i happened to see this 3-4" worm in my tank. it didn't have any spines so it's not a bristleworm. it was very thin. like angel hair spaghetti.

 

[Deanos]

Spaghetti Worm :eat:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

have to disagree with you there dean. spaghettis hide in a hole and send out little tentacles. this thing was just like an earthworm but thinner and moved all around.

 

[Deanos]

Did you read the article?

Recently, in the reef aquarium hobby another type of worm has been being called a "spaghetti" worm. These are "hair worms" in the family Cirratulidae. Cirratulids have a much more uniform body than do the terebellids. Each segment looks much like the next, and while a head is present, the remainder of the worm’s body is not divided into sections. There is neither a thorax nor an abdomen. Additionally, the cirratulids found in aquaria do not live in tubes but are found living free in the sediments below the surface. These are animals that may reach lengths of a couple inches and are, at most, about a sixteenth of an inch in diameter.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

forgive me dean. i just saw spaghetti and thought it didn't look like any of the spaghetti worms i've seen.