reefnut
Active Member
These Polychaete worms are commonly called bristle worms (because their name means "many bristles") and/or fire worms (because many of those bristles HURT if you get them in your skin). They are one of the most misunderstood and controversial hitchhikers of them all. Fact is there are thousands of species of Bristle Worms/ Fire Worms with only a few being predatory and a couple being parasitic. The predatory and parasitic worms rarely make there way into our systems. So the majority of the Bristle Worms/ Fire Worms we see are beneficial scavengers.
I have read reports that when a tank gets overpopulated with Fireworms they can become problematic. With moderate feeding and a good diverse population of other scavengers, this should not be a problem but sense they can reproduce both sexually and asexually… giving the right conditions, they could reproduce quickly.
I have read reports that when a tank gets overpopulated with Fireworms they can become problematic. With moderate feeding and a good diverse population of other scavengers, this should not be a problem but sense they can reproduce both sexually and asexually… giving the right conditions, they could reproduce quickly.