Can bristleworms be solid yellow? Or something else.

[blue2337]

Back story is I had a flame angel about 2-3" for a few weeks & then it disappeared over night. I have a clown (1-2") & yellow goby (2") in the tank. Corals are bubble, torch, hammer, birdsnest, stylo, chalice, zoas...nothing aggressive to a fish that size. Have cover and no way for fish to jump out.

Tonight I saw a solid yellow worm that looks like a large bristleworm. It was about 7-10". Don't know if this coild have been the cause of the missing fish. Never saw a worm this color in the tank. I have a diy trap in there now where it was.

Couldnt get a pic as it shot back in the rock when I tried. Could this be bad?

 

[KathyC]

Hoping you catch it in your diy trap..if you do, please post a pic of it.

Fireworms can sometimes look 'golden-ish' in color, but I don't know of a yellow worm. That said- there are about 6,000 different species of marine worms..so that doesn't mean you don't have an oddball in your tank.

Bristleworms are sometimes half dark/half pinkish-orange. Some are just all pink-ish. Never heard anyone describe one as yellow, so yours is likely something different.