guarddogkennel
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How can I get rid of bristle worms???!!!
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xnikki118x
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Originally Posted by DeMartini
A six line wrasse will eat them. The worms wont eat your corals.
Actually, they can if they get big enough.
A six line wrasse will eat them. The worms wont eat your corals.
Actually, they can if they get big enough.
1knight164
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As ugly and hideous as they may look, they are great scavengers eating all that junk at the bottom of your tank. That being said, if your seeing a lot of them, it could mean that you're overfeeding. Try cutting back on the feeding. Some say Coral Banded Shrimp will kill eat them but mine didn't. He ended up killing two of my cleaner shrimp!!! Anybody want a CBS?
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xnikki118x
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I've heard terrible things about CBS being mean and nasty. 
I have mixed feelings about bristleworms. They're good scavengers, but I'm always paranoid that one or two of them will get huge and eat my frags. Once a month or so I go into my tank at night armed with a flashlight and a pair of tweezers and throw any bristles I get into my fuge where they can't do any damage to my frags.
I have mixed feelings about bristleworms. They're good scavengers, but I'm always paranoid that one or two of them will get huge and eat my frags. Once a month or so I go into my tank at night armed with a flashlight and a pair of tweezers and throw any bristles I get into my fuge where they can't do any damage to my frags.
1knight164
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Originally Posted by xnikki118x
I've heard terrible things about CBS being mean and nasty.
I have mixed feelings about bristleworms. They're good scavengers, but I'm always paranoid that one or two of them will get huge and eat my frags. Once a month or so I go into my tank at night armed with a flashlight and a pair of tweezers and throw any bristles I get into my fuge where they can't do any damage to my frags.
Same here. When they become godzilla, I go hunting as well. But I don't have a fuge to put them in. Great idea, though.
I've heard terrible things about CBS being mean and nasty.
I have mixed feelings about bristleworms. They're good scavengers, but I'm always paranoid that one or two of them will get huge and eat my frags. Once a month or so I go into my tank at night armed with a flashlight and a pair of tweezers and throw any bristles I get into my fuge where they can't do any damage to my frags.
Same here. When they become godzilla, I go hunting as well. But I don't have a fuge to put them in. Great idea, though.
aquacleaner
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:help: first time on this site,to se if it works.can give info on bristle worms
aquacleaner
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fire-bristle worms will eat coral. but are not common. can give info.Aquacleaner
demartini
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Originally Posted by xnikki118x
Actually, they can if they get big enough.
That's good to know. I guess it uncommon for them to that. I knew that they could eat like snails. I read online that they can even eat small fish... I don't know about that, but if a bristle worm can do that then it must be huge!
Actually, they can if they get big enough.
That's good to know. I guess it uncommon for them to that. I knew that they could eat like snails. I read online that they can even eat small fish... I don't know about that, but if a bristle worm can do that then it must be huge!
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xnikki118x
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Originally Posted by DeMartini
That's good to know. I guess it uncommon for them to that. I knew that they could eat like snails. I read online that they can even eat small fish... I don't know about that, but if a bristle worm can do that then it must be huge!
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm
I hope I can link to that site, since it's a personal site and all. This guy found a SEVEN FOOT bristleworm in his tank. That scares me haha.
That's good to know. I guess it uncommon for them to that. I knew that they could eat like snails. I read online that they can even eat small fish... I don't know about that, but if a bristle worm can do that then it must be huge!
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm
I hope I can link to that site, since it's a personal site and all. This guy found a SEVEN FOOT bristleworm in his tank. That scares me haha.
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xnikki118x
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Yeah, but a worm nonetheless. I won't take any chances lol.
1knight164
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Now that's sick!!! :scared: Looks like it could take down a fish!!
deadmanschest
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take down a fish that could probably take down a human. lolz. imagine working in the tank and having that thing wrapping around your arm :scared:
rabid frog
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I remeber the first time I saw that picture.
I would rather be shocked by an unsafe power head than have that thing touch me unsuspectingly
1journeyman
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From what I read in a magazine this month (can't remember which one right now) there is only one species of Bristle Worm (it's a Fire Worm) that eats corals.
I've got one on my tank that's practically a pet. He comes out to grab food sometimes and is somewhere over 12 inches long.
If you have a large number of worms in your tank there is a detritus issue. Address the issue and you'll see fewer worms.
I've got one on my tank that's practically a pet. He comes out to grab food sometimes and is somewhere over 12 inches long.
If you have a large number of worms in your tank there is a detritus issue. Address the issue and you'll see fewer worms.
guarddogkennel
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What does a fire bristle worm look like? The worms in my tank are pink at the ends and a dark purple in the middle. and the bristles
newtankman
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I have captured two worms in my tank with tweezers
