Kevomac
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I do! My 120 was overloaded with them before I made it an octo tank, now it's gotten ridiculous! The substrate in the tank is about 2-3" of finely crushed aragonite (I put it in before sand came into vogue), and I also have just a few (less than 5#) of LR, that apparently brought the worms with it. The worms have long been a hazard in the overflow boxes where they like to burrow into the foam prefilters, and they have also long been present in the substrate. Now they are visible everywhere! They pop up in empty snail shells, they have begun climbing the algae covered decorative (fake) blue coral in the tank, and they have become visible all over the substrate! The good news is they seem to be eating the crawdad shells at an unbelieveable rate, improving the tanks appearance in the process. But I hate the way they look laying around all over the place. Is there any animals that Biff won't eat that might eat the bristle worms and keep them in check? When Biff passes on, I plan to take out the aragonite and replace it with sand before putting anything new in the tank, and I'll be able to get rid of most of them then.
BTW, I also have three green serpent stars, one orange "thorny" star, one white sand sifting star (who has lost two legs to an unknown source, but remains buried most of the time) and one large orange "Red Sea Star". If anyone wants some of the worms to seed their sandbed, let me know. They are easily collected and apparently proliferate like mad. Like I said, they do break down the shells, I just want to control their numbers.
BTW, I also have three green serpent stars, one orange "thorny" star, one white sand sifting star (who has lost two legs to an unknown source, but remains buried most of the time) and one large orange "Red Sea Star". If anyone wants some of the worms to seed their sandbed, let me know. They are easily collected and apparently proliferate like mad. Like I said, they do break down the shells, I just want to control their numbers.
