Bristle worms on the loose!!!

rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
So many people are so excited to get Chaetomorpha algae full of pods, mini brittlestars and bristle worms and you are getting so preoccupied with getting one out.. leave it for now.. since you have nothing in there yet,, its just gonna eat the left over detrius..
I'll second this Bristle worms are great vacumn cleaners. Just make sure you have the Eurythoe sp, or Aquarium fireworm, NOT Hermodice carunculate , or Coral-eating fireworm
1st pic is the aquarium fireworm. the bad fireworm has very different bristles.


 
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sexyshrimp101

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Ooohhh ok. I was excited when I saw them, every little thing that moves we get excited about, I've just heard bad things about them so I wanted to make sure that we take care of any problems as soon as possible. It seems as though there are mixed opinions on them, so I will keep my eye on them and hopefully they will do good and no harm
I'm still getting the turkey baster just in case
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by mie
A coral banded shrimp or an arrow crab will help control your worm population.
Not to mention your coral and inverts...just a draw back
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by mie
Not sure on the arrow crab but the shrimp should'nt be a problem.
The arrow crab is the questionable one
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by mie
Ok. cool learned somthing new.
I strive to do that too, every day if possible.
 
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sexyshrimp101

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I just found a peanut worm, it looks like he is munching on my brown algae
I have quite a bit of brown algae on my rocks so hopefully he will help me out a bit with maintenance...
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by sexyshrimp101
I just found a peanut worm, it looks like he is munching on my brown algae
I have quite a bit of brown algae on my rocks so hopefully he will help me out a bit with maintenance...
Neato!!! Those are great cleaners
 
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