tank afterhours

[glockcoma]

I finnaly checked out my tank after hours, I turned off all aquarium lights and dimmed my living room lights and In a few minutes I seen a bunch of wierd creatures, mostly bristleworms, I counted at least 8 small ones (.5") and one huge one (5"), should I try to trap'em, or leave'em, Im not sure if there good, I did some research and it's 50/50. Also I seen some tiny worms floating around (.25"), I think there polycheate worms (im sure I spelled it wrong), and a weird looking snail that had no shell. I had 3 fish disapear on me, so Im trying to get to the bottom of it.

I also heard knocking on the glass and I think it might be a mantis shrimp (I hope not) but I didnt see any sign of one.

 

[Aadler]

what three fish?

The bristle worms are fine. They are good cleaners, you should find more of a 90-10 pos/neg when you search for them! Not sure about the worms you have floating around? some type of flat worm? if thats the case a wrasse may help clean them up as some are bad.

 

[mr_o98]

Bristleworms are good cleaners, I wouldn't worry about them. Not sure about the floating worms tho. The knocking noise may be a mantis. What fish did you lose?

 

[J. Montgomery]

Snail without shell = stomatella snail.

"knocking on glass" could be mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp, or hermit crabs bumping into the glass as they walk around. I have a pistol shrimp that it took me ~8months to find, and its only 1/4"-1/2" long.

 

[glockcoma]

DIAMONDHEAD GOBY, BANGHAI CARDINAL, LAWN MOWER BLENNY,
LMB was one of my faves.
they would all sleep behing the LR.