Need some suggestions on how to remove a large bristle worm
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natclanwy
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Its a veggie round, my starfish, sally lightfoot crab and this bristle worm fight over them. The star always wins though, there is something to be said about brute force. You can see the monti frag fall over in the background that the star is using for leverage, that plug is the size of a shot glass and is made out of aragonite sand, same plug that the bristle worm pulled under the sand.
mantisman51
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FWIW, my 4" red spotted hawk has cleaned up the bristle worms.I was hoping to keep the bristle worms, but the hawkfish hunted them and pounced when they'd come out. I wonder if a hawk fish might go after that thing?
natclanwy
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I kind of doubt it, this worm is over 12" in length and the diameter of a pencil even if the hawk fish grabbed it the bristle worm is more than large enough to defend itself against a 4" hawk fish. That green brittle star the worm grabbed is about 18-20" in diameter and is very strong and can easily topple an 8lb rock.
mr_x
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wowzer! i'm glad i don't have one of those.
i have a worm that eats slow moving inverts, like clams and snails (except for nassarius), but it certainly doesn't drag giant things under the sandbed.
does it make rock dwellings at the base of the rockwork? i am reading that they do this by attaching rocks together with a mucus secretion.
i have a worm that eats slow moving inverts, like clams and snails (except for nassarius), but it certainly doesn't drag giant things under the sandbed.
does it make rock dwellings at the base of the rockwork? i am reading that they do this by attaching rocks together with a mucus secretion.
natclanwy
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Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2884637
wowzer! i'm glad i don't have one of those.
i have a worm that eats slow moving inverts, like clams and snails (except for nassarius), but it certainly doesn't drag giant things under the sandbed.
does it make rock dwellings at the base of the rockwork? i am reading that they do this by attaching rocks together with a mucus secretion.
It actually is living in the open sandbed never see it near any rocks and you can see its burrow along the edge of the glass. It definetly does something to the sand though to keep its burrows open because my sandbed is almost like quicksand in consistency.
Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2884697
when you get that thing out you should make a species only tank for it.
I'm pretty sure my wife won't go for that, I spent a few hours reassuring her this thing wouldn't crawl out of the tank when I first found it, and then someone goes and posts pictures of a bristle worm crawling up the side of their tank
She was ready for me to get rid of the whole tank just knowing it was in there.
http:///forum/post/2884637
wowzer! i'm glad i don't have one of those.
i have a worm that eats slow moving inverts, like clams and snails (except for nassarius), but it certainly doesn't drag giant things under the sandbed.
does it make rock dwellings at the base of the rockwork? i am reading that they do this by attaching rocks together with a mucus secretion.
It actually is living in the open sandbed never see it near any rocks and you can see its burrow along the edge of the glass. It definetly does something to the sand though to keep its burrows open because my sandbed is almost like quicksand in consistency.
Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2884697
when you get that thing out you should make a species only tank for it.
I'm pretty sure my wife won't go for that, I spent a few hours reassuring her this thing wouldn't crawl out of the tank when I first found it, and then someone goes and posts pictures of a bristle worm crawling up the side of their tank
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dennis210
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John catch that thing and then call a taxidermist!
casper1875
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Any news?
chris17
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Holy $%!+ batman! That thing is nuts! Now I am afraid to put my hand in my tank! lol That's like the worm problem that Steve west ( think thats his name ) had. He pulled a worm out of his plumbing that was like 4' long or somthin crazy. Tore down half his 800g system to get it out....
I hope I never find anything like that in one of my tanks.... Good luck, hope you catch it soon!
jbird0420
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Any updates? I got the same problem with a large Bristle worm. Going to try the nylon stocking a shrimp bait trap! Catch that sucker and feed him to my predator tank!
Originally Posted by natclanwy
http:///forum/post/2903830
Nope the worm has been MIA since new years eve and I had, had a little too much ethanol in me at the time to be playing in my tank.
Originally Posted by natclanwy
http:///forum/post/2903830
Nope the worm has been MIA since new years eve and I had, had a little too much ethanol in me at the time to be playing in my tank.
yearofthenick
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If that worm is in the sand bed, why don't you just dig him out with a small bucket or something? That's what I would do, then sift through the sand with some screen material.
cleve_seahorse
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uggghhhh....that thing is nasty....and I thought bristle worms were bad....I'd freak if I saw that in my horse's tanks
natclanwy
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Originally Posted by Jbird0420
http:///forum/post/2916405
Any updates? I got the same problem with a large Bristle worm. Going to try the nylon stocking a shrimp bait trap! Catch that sucker and feed him to my predator tank!
Finally made an appearance last night but I have been too busy lately to mess with it, I think I am going to borrow some long tweezers from another local reefer tommorrow and see if maybe I can grab ahold of him.
Originally Posted by YearOfTheNick
http:///forum/post/2916630
If that worm is in the sand bed, why don't you just dig him out with a small bucket or something? That's what I would do, then sift through the sand with some screen material.
I run a DSB so I don't want to risk the entire tank to remove this one worm, way too much money and time wrapped in corals.
http:///forum/post/2916405
Any updates? I got the same problem with a large Bristle worm. Going to try the nylon stocking a shrimp bait trap! Catch that sucker and feed him to my predator tank!
Finally made an appearance last night but I have been too busy lately to mess with it, I think I am going to borrow some long tweezers from another local reefer tommorrow and see if maybe I can grab ahold of him.
Originally Posted by YearOfTheNick
http:///forum/post/2916630
If that worm is in the sand bed, why don't you just dig him out with a small bucket or something? That's what I would do, then sift through the sand with some screen material.
I run a DSB so I don't want to risk the entire tank to remove this one worm, way too much money and time wrapped in corals.