can you id this funny looking caterpillar?

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  1. kiarah

    kiarah Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Just found this funny looking worm/ caterpillar in my live rock and want to no if its good or bad!?
    thanks for ya help
    K:confused:
     

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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Bristleworm. I consider them good (in moderation).
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    +1 on bristleworm. Just keep an eye on it. Some species can eat corals
     
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    What are you gonna name him?
     
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    baugherb Giant Squid

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    What about Poncho???
     
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    I would go with Spike, lol
     
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    baugherb Giant Squid

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    lol......
     
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  8. kiarah

    kiarah Coral Banded Shrimp

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    ah thanks! I thought bristolworms were bad, i have 40 kg of live rock in my tank thats just finished its cycle and im a little down at the mo cause allthou my rock seems full off life the majority is bad from what i can gather! I had a shrimp that i thought was a mantis living under my rock and it scared my two damsels so i caught it and removed it but it struggled to id it : it was green in the water but black and grey stripes out of the water and one massive claw and one tiny claw, any cules? in the end i thought it might be a pistol shrimp but none of the pictures i could find looked like it so i kept it out of my tank.I also have loud craking noises still coming from my tank, but the fish seem happy so it cant be to bad!. I was also sold live rock covered in that apatise pest they have mutiplyed so much, they are everywhere ( i didnt realise what they were till i found this site) . and there is some sort of thing that looks like a rock but then it opens up what i can only discribe as a mouth and has a wiggly thing that moves inside it! and so many thing i guess ill have to spend the day tomorrow takin picture off them to find out what they all are!
    thanks for your help
    K
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Good luck on the aiptasia. The sooner you get on it the better.
     
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  10. kiarah

    kiarah Coral Banded Shrimp

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    In getting two peppermint shrimps and some joes juice on thursday so we will see but im very worried as they really are everywhere! night im off 2 bed!
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