bristle/fire worm

[majorpayne360]

Could someone help me? I need to remove about five or more 3 to 4 inch worms from my tank how can I do that? Anything would help. Thanks

 

[wilvivas]

arrow crabs are cool, they eat fan worms though.
my halloween crab ate some (very gross) but it was slow.
feed and pluck em out.

i tried those.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Any particular reason why you want to remove them?

You can make traps for them (basically a tube that contains a few small holes just large enough for the worm to fit through, bait the trap with some food (like shrimp pieces) and then place it near the worms lair at night). If you google bristle worm trap, you'll probably get more detailed plans. Plucking them out with tweezers is near impossible, as they're skittish and quickly retreat into their rock home.

Personally, I like bristleworms in my tank.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Wow, that was post #420, right on!

 

[yiliyang]

They are cool scavengers, they don't eat healthy things, coral or fish or inverts. You should leave them in.

If you really like to take them out, take a plastic bottle, drill several holes on it along the middle line, put the cap back on with a few small stone in there to make it sink and sit on the sand bottom. Even better if you push it into the sand and have the drilled holes just above the sand line. bait the rig with shrimp meat over night. The worm would follow the scent into the bottle, but will not find way out.

 

[BigScott]

i got them over 8 inches long in my tank..ive actually seen the bigger ones eat the smaller ones under a microscope..it was
cool lookin..hehehe


SCOTT

 

[Trip 22]

I love my bristle worms!!

 

[keithdoc]

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9083424#post9083424 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Trip 22
I love my bristle worms!!

This is probably pretty obvious, but is this one?

Are they beneficial? I've read about everyone wanting to remove them, but is there any real reason? As long as he leaves my peppermint shrimp, clowns, and helfrich's firefish alone, I don't mind.

 

[Trip 22]

Yes that is one...perfectly safe. I have many that come out of the rocks. They just eat the leftover stuff..I have never seen them harm anything in my tank.

 

[GSMguy]

i have thousands last night i saw one that was huge like 2ft long

 

[GSMguy]

my cheato is a ball of them

 

[rpeeples]

I have to save Bristle worms are NOT Clam Safe.

I have personally lost several clams to Bristle Worms. They will find the Bissle/Foot of the Clam and eat away.

I have not seem them eat Corals at this point but you plan on keeping clams. Trap em, Arrow Crab them, or Six Line wrasse them.

 

[hexedagain]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9291661#post9291661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rpeeples
I have to save Bristle worms are NOT Clam Safe.

I have personally lost several clams to Bristle Worms. They will find the Bissle/Foot of the Clam and eat away.

I have not seem them eat Corals at this point but you plan on keeping clams. Trap em, Arrow Crab them, or Six Line wrasse them.

Will a six line wrasse eat the larger bristle worms?

 

[matter1331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9291661#post9291661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rpeeples
I have to save Bristle worms are NOT Clam Safe.

I have personally lost several clams to Bristle Worms. They will find the Bissle/Foot of the Clam and eat away.

I have not seem them eat Corals at this point but you plan on keeping clams. Trap em, Arrow Crab them, or Six Line wrasse them.

That's not correct, bristleworms DO NOT attack clams, or anything else that's living for that matter, they are detrivores. This is why bristleworms get a bad rap, ignorance. I'm not trying to put you down, but just because bristleworms are at the sight of death doesn't mean they killed the animal. Would you blame vultures for killing if you happened across them taking advantage of something dead?

Now, if you had fireworms, I could see them possibly killing a clam, but not bristleworms.

 

[Trip 22]

I totally agree!!