Brisstle worms??

[salt phish]

Are bristle worms good or bad ....just found a few in my nano...very small an inch or so..... I have a fox. green hammer, brain..... anenome and a deresa clam.....will they bother anything or should I just let it go....... water is fine...... I have had this nano up for 18 months or so.

 

[salt phish]

bump

 

[happyvac]

They're usually just a good part of the cleaning crew. When they get big or a lot of them are in the tank, that's when there's a problem.

 

[27mtaylor]

When you get a lot of them it could mean that there is a lot of detrius material in your tank. I don't have a reef tank, but I don't worry with them.

 

[mrmaroon]

I have 2 in my 55g. They do not seem to burt anything. My biggest one is at least 3".

 

[seahorse06]

in my fish tank i don't worry about BW but in the seahorse tank the seahorses will try to eat the small one and get stung in the snout and has a large percentage of being killed. the bristles are like littlie needles and do have a poison which will cause the snout to swell shut. some web sites call them fireworms also. don't know if this helps because in one tank i have them and the other i don't

 

[shiby1510]

You probably have a lot you just don't see them... they just help cleanup and aren't really harmful... I would warn you tho to not pick up your rocks for now on with your bare hands... use a plastic bag or something because if you touch a bristle worm it hurts.

 

[bang guy]

99.9% are outstanding helpers in a reef tank.
fyi - A derasa will not live long in a nano tank.