Bad Bristleworms?

[el bob]

I just found a bristle worm in my new sps tank. it must have hitch hiked in on a new rock. could someone post pictures of good worms and BAD worms please. thanks for the help!

 

[aztec reef]

it's most likely a good bristleworm..a pic will ID it for sure..

 

[bigarn]

from what I hear there's about 10,000 species of bristleworms and very few are bad.

 

[fallnhorse]

i have bristle worms with an orange front body around the head for the first 1/3 of the worm. Then the rest of the body is brown. They have been eating my Zoos and taking the food right out of their mouth and upsetting. So i took a 6 piece of pvc tubing, capped it, drilled small whole. Then put a piece of krill in there and fishing line to lift up the trap each day. I've been catching six worms a day or better. My zoos are out agian and all coral is doing better. The bristle worms where so many they were running out of food and disturbing my corals

 

[bigarn]

if they're eating your zoos you have a bad one. I believe Bang says if they have 5 antenna they're eunicid worms .... not good. if you have many of them you have to much nutrients in the water. try cutting back on the amount or # of times you feed your fish.

 

[saltn00b]

steve weast pulled a 7' eunicid worm out of his 850 gallon reef!

 

[bigarn]

Originally Posted by saltn00b
steve weast pulled a 7' eunicid worm out of his 850 gallon reef!
yeah, that was the mother of all worms .... I saw the pics. :scared: