[Fishhead Junkie]

ok, pretty much everyone agreed with me that i had spaghetti worms in my tank and that they were a good thing because they clean debris off the ground, etc etc. i have still to find a pic of a spaghetti worm on the net but there was this worm crawling up my glass, and it had what looked like spaghetti worms on its back. was that a bristle worm with spaghetti worms hitchiking along with it? i thought spaghetti worms were small and thin in like bunches?

steve

[ry77]

have a pic? sounds more like a bristle

[graveyardworm]

A picture would solve the identity right away.

Maybe you have these. http://www.projectdibs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30

[Fishhead Junkie]

graveyard...you are the man!!!!!!!! the pictures shown were exactly what i have...thanks alot. i need to read up on the hair worms...i didnt see whether it said if they were good or bad...me thinks me needs a six line wrasse to get them under control. i cant say if i have ever seen my sand sifting starfish cleaning them up.

steve

[graveyardworm]

They are very desireable. They live in the sand bed occasionally venturing out for one reason or another. They eat detritus and left over food, and help to maintain the sand bed.

[rlcline76]

I would be interested in keeping them, they won't hurt anything. If anything, you find a fellow aquarist in your town that needs his bed activated, give him a couple of tablespoons of yours to get him started! Quit sweating the good stuff!