Please ID this thing in my rock- is it a worm?

[anen]

i just started curing my live rock, and have started to notice various things coming out of the rock, like snails and what not. however, this thing creeped me out when I saw it. Someone please help me id it.

 

[Mr. Softy]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/identification/59406-id-worm-live-rock-video-2.html

 

[anen]

gross

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/identification/59406-id-worm-live-rock-video-2.html

 

[anen]

well the peanut worm crawled into my powerhead today and got chopped pretty good. he's still in one piece but I don't know if he's going to survive. should I take him out to prevent ammonia build up, or just let him stay in there even if he dies?

how can I prevent other livestock from getting sucked into the powerhead?

 

[Mr. Softy]

"The peanut worm crawled into my powerhead today and got chopped pretty good."


Now that is gross. :lol2: Toss the worm then look through the DIY section here http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/diy-do-yourself/ for a possible fix to your powerhead issue.

 

[anen]

He's still in one piece, but there's one half of him that's really fat like in the pictures, then one part thats skinny, and he was moving really slow. I feel bad for him, but I'm glad it wasn't a vertebrate flying in there.

Is this is something commong that other reefers deal with?

 

[anen]

ok I haven't seen mr peanut worm in a long time. I think he died