bristleworms

[jtoliver]

I have just come up with an excellent way to get rid of bristleworms. Get a small piece of that cream colored rock that is very porus and very light. Cut it in half with a hack saw. Hollow out the middle of both sides untill it is big enough to hold a piece of fresh shrimp( from your local supermarket). Make a bunch of holes that go to the outside from the center. Wash it out good then get a rubberband that is the correct size to hold it together and attach a piece of fishing line to the rubberband. Put a piece of frech shrimp inside the rock then put the rubberband around it. At night lower the trap into your tank, placing it in a spot where you have seen the little suckers. then pull it out in the morning, take it apart and pick the worms out with a pair of tweezers. (do not touch them with your fingers.) I invented this five days ago and have caught 12 of them in that time.

 

[laneki]

That's awesome! I hate bristle worms (despite what some people say about the benefits of having them). Your plan sure beats the best technique that I have:
I wait for them to poke out of a rock and I grab them with large tweezers.

Believe me, that is not fun! Thanks for the info.
[This message has been edited by laneki (edited 07-25-2000).]

 

[raistlin]

very ingenious! do you think it would work with a plastic egg or something synthetic?

 

[jtoliver]

The plastic egg might work, but the thing about using the rock is that the worm thinks that it is going into just another piece of live rock, so it goes right in. It is also a very rough pourus surface so it just latches right on to the rock and doesnt let loose. The plastic is so smooth, you might have trouble with the little suckers washing out when you take it out of the water.

 

[precator]

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Originally posted by jtoliver:
The plastic egg might work, but the thing about using the rock is that the worm thinks that it is going into just another piece of live rock, so it goes right in. It is also a very rough pourus surface so it just latches right on to the rock and doesnt let loose. The plastic is so smooth, you might have trouble with the little suckers washing out when you take it out of the water.

 

[clayton]

That is a cool ass idea! I have a few and although I have not seen them do any damage I will be going bristle worm fishing this weekend!!! Cheers mate.