Bristle worms
- Thread starter ralphoo
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nightshiftman
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did you say gravel????
those sound like bristle worms to me. i say leave them alone. they are great for a reef tank. just don't touch them unless you like awful pain.
those sound like bristle worms to me. i say leave them alone. they are great for a reef tank. just don't touch them unless you like awful pain.
nightshiftman
Member
IMO, arrow crabs are just as bad as coral banded shrimp.
just my opinion though.
BTW, everybody has bristle worms. you can never rid a tank of them unless EVERYTHING is aquacultured. even in my aquacultured tanks i still added bristle worms to it. but i also added a copperband butterfly who keeps them in check. i know what they say about the copperbands, but i like taking risks, and this risk is doing great for me.
just my opinion though.
BTW, everybody has bristle worms. you can never rid a tank of them unless EVERYTHING is aquacultured. even in my aquacultured tanks i still added bristle worms to it. but i also added a copperband butterfly who keeps them in check. i know what they say about the copperbands, but i like taking risks, and this risk is doing great for me.
bang guy
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A couple of the Eunicid sp. worms can catch and eat fish but only after attaining a length of a couple feet. The Orange Bristleworm you ate referring to ( common Polychate) cannot eat a live fish. What the abover person is probably referring to is the aweful damage Bristle worms can to to a DEAD fish or DEAD Clam.... they do their job very well however gruesome it is.