what the ???????

[Bertdog]

came home to feed and saw this on the glass i though it was fish waste. then it move . i shut the tank down and removed it ,place it in small bucket. thanks in advance for any input.

 

[knugenx]

spaghetti worm...not harmful.

 

[wonderballz]

Wow. Is that what a spaghetti worm looks like outside off the sand? Interesting

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

did it die?

 

[beerfish]

Looks almost like a reef spider of some sort. There's different kinds, below are some of the zoa eating ones.

http://www.zoaid.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=396

 

[Bertdog]

spaghetti worm wow it scared the lights out of me , just got home and this forum made my weekend. now that the panic has settle down, i do see some of them under the sand . i was able to get him out with a hose and a little siphoning so he still alive so I'm going to put him back in . again thanks to all

just pick up more info after identification ,The so-called spaghetti worms are considered valuable additions to a deep sand bed because they populate the top layer of the sand bed and keep it in motion. They're suspension feeders. They trap particulate matter that drifts past their location