what eats huge fire and bristle worms

[azdiver]

I bought this live rock and its crawling with them largest are live 8 inch smallest are like 5 inches help!

 

[Jritter02]

Pick them out.

 

[Jritter02]

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

Not sure if this will help or not

 

[azdiver]

Its like wormapeluza on there looks like if I add a small baby fish it would crash the tank for excessive bioload

 

[Jritter02]

Do you have corals in the tank

 

[firebirdude]

6-line wrasse?

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

OPERATION: Mission Annihilate

Plan Of Attack:

Stage 1:Quarantine the rock with a pantyhose worm trap.

Stage 2: Use syringe to inject hydrogen peroxide into rock.

(take the rock out of the tank, and inject bits of peroxide into it. Worms will come out of rock. Pick them out with tooth picks. Then inject a little more peroxide in a different place on the rock and repeat. Rinse rock with tank ways before returning to QT. It will take awhile but it will work.

 

[azdiver]

No I have no corals or fish yet I used this rock to cycle the 29, wow are they tough had a huge ammonia spike for days when it started to cycle and they survived that , pantyhose trap?

 

[azdiver]

Do I have to rinse the rock or let it sit if I use the hydrogen peroxide?

 

[Shaummy]

Why exactly do you want to kill them off? Most are considered a good scavenger in a tank.

 

[azdiver]

Because like I said there huge and the tank looks like a full snake pit but with worms ,

 

[trae]

If there is no other life in that tank, the best way is to dose the tank with Iodide to kill them on the spot. Or take the rock out and dose the iodide or peroxide in a bucket.

 

[azdiver]

So can someone tell me how to do the peroxide treatment ? I sorta have the idea of how to do it do I need to rise it well leave it in water after the treatment how long will it take to put it back into the tank?

 

[trae]

So can someone tell me how to do the peroxide treatment ? I sorta have the idea of how to do it do I need to rise it well leave it in water after the treatment how long will it take to put it back into the tank?

Just start with 10 ML in a bucket. Wait 10 minutes for things to start falling off. Repeat until things start fizzing in the peroxide. As for your tank, I have not a clue how to dose it. I take my corals out to treat but there are several posts here that may help.

 

[Ligershark]

yellow or green coris wrasse will keep them in check also

 

[Sk8r]

An arrow crab will go after them with relish...obsessively. But once you've gotten them to an acceptable level, you'll need to move Mr. Crab to the sump or fuge, because your tank needs SOME bristleworms.