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Snail ID?

LFS said it was an Aussie Rock Snail. Looks encrusted or like someone glued a frag on it. Moves slow, clumsy as hell, and has tube worms growing on it. Possibly more, but nothing soft. The large tube at the underside had a large bristle worm in it that eventually moved to the rockwork. Keeping them under control with a wrass for now, but can't find any info on this snail. Not sure if the bristle worm was symbiotic or just a hitchhiker.

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Polychaete1fan
I love marine worms

I found this shrimp thing again and caught it, looks like a small boxer shrimp but idk, also found a bristle worm i dont know the species of, help would be appreciated, currently its in a seperate mini tank so i can observe it as polychaetes (if you couldnt tell) are my favorite animal

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I finally caught my first 2 Bristle worms with my DIY trap!!! Frozen Mysis worked excellently!

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Hey everyone! Just looking for a second opinion on this, is this a fire worm? I think it is but I really have a hard time differentiating bristle worms and fire worms

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purceyb
Bradpurcell

Does anyone have spaghetti worms? How do you fight them? They are so ugly with the tentacles waxing in the flow. I’m 100 percent sure they’re spaghetti worms

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What. Are. These.

I’m kinda freaked out by the fact that there are random worms living in my sand.. please help me id these. Are they bad for my tank? Will they hurt me or any tank mates? There’s so many ‼️😬

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