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DaZoo 
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Posted: October 10 2010 at 8:07pm |
One of my fish jump into my overflow and when I went to get him out, I noticed a few pink fuzzy worms. I didn't think to take a picture of them at the time. They look just like earth worms except they are pink and they have hair like a caterpillar. What are these things and are they bad or good. I had to empty my overflow to get my fish and when I restarted my water, a few of them ended up in my tank. I took them out, but I'm sure there are more in my overflow. I also noticed a bunch of pink soft splotches on the inside of my overflow. Should I be worried?
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Posted: October 10 2010 at 8:20pm |
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I've been checking the site and I think I found them. I think they are Bristle Worms. I didn't touch them, I used my tweesers but atleast they are not bad for the tank. wwwwhhhheeee. Just incase anyone was wondering.
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: October 11 2010 at 9:19am |
Good work. Good detritivores. They eat detritus/crud that accumulates behind rocks. They are also part of the reason a dead fish disappears overnight. Continual overfeeding creates a mass like this that can be easily removed when they tangle themselves up in Bridal Veil material wrapped around some meaty food. 
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Posted: October 11 2010 at 4:41pm |
These things are great for your tank unless they look like the picture above. Had a friend hand feed a single guy for over a year and he got huge like the size of a dime in diameter. Pretty cool to see!
I have a couple that come out every time I move a certain frag on my sand but I just leave them be!
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Posted: October 11 2010 at 5:26pm |
Actually Mark, even a mass like that is good for the tank. If they hadn't been cleaning up all the excess food being fed to the tank it would likely have crashed. 
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Posted: October 11 2010 at 7:41pm |
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for sure
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Posted: October 11 2010 at 9:08pm |
Dont show my arrow crab that pic, he might start to drool 
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Life is good....right?
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