geting rid of bristle worms

[agood69er4u]

is there any fail safe way to remove bw from live rock? Have 150 lbs of rock that is in trash cans right now waiting for the new tank to be finished. Would prefer that this system in bw free.

 

[stugray]

Why would you want to get rid of BW??

That's almost like saying "how can I kill all my copepods?..."

Stu

 

[agood69er4u]

ever see the out come of a seahorse / bristle worm meeting for the same piece of food? Not a good combination in a tank.

 

[DidYouSayReefer]

Unless you cook everything you will not get rid of them.

 

[sfsuphysics]

When I used flatworm exit on my tank, I noticed the bristleworms started to curl up and die very quickly after introducing it... almost too quickly to be a result of the toxins released by the planeria.. so if you have any on hand, or a buddy who has some, maybe experiment with a drop in a small cup and a bristle worm or two in there (before committing to buying the stuff) to see if that works.

 

[Tayler]

you could get an arrow crab.

 

[Untamed12]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12168228#post12168228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stugray
Why would you want to get rid of BW??

That's almost like saying "how can I kill all my copepods?..."

Stu

Exactly what I was going to say. Any treatment capable of killing bristleworms would no doubt kill all kinds of potentially benifitial other critters. Don't worry about them!

 

[BoiseStateFan]

The BW's most certainly didnt kill your seahorse. Your seahorse was most likely dead before the bristleworms started to clean it up.


Bristleworms are a great addition to a reef tank.

 

[agood69er4u]

no the seahorse and bw went after the same piece of food, so the sh snicked the bw, it didn't kill the sh but it took a lot of nursing after removing the brislels from the snout