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[h2oimports]

i just got home and saw alott of worms in my tank...mainly bristle worms... its crawling all around my rocks...is that a goodthing or bad thing?...will it hurt my corals?..i thought it would be good to have them...but it think its just bit too much with wats in my tank right now...and is there a way i can get rid of them?...pls help...thnxx

 

[h2oimports]

oh noo..its on climbing on my flower pot, devils hand and button polyps...they're all over my sand too...like 2 or 3 of them every inchh!!...crazyyyy...helppp..plss

 

[h2oimports]

oh great....one of my snails that i just recently added is dead...and is infested with bristle worms...so i removed it...and oh boy the smell reeks ... someone pls help me and let me know wat to do asap!!..plss..

 

[KrAs]

Not much you can do, bristle worms eat detritus they were just cleaning out the snail. If you really want to get rid of them maybe make a trap, a bottle or something with some food laying on the bottom for them to crawl into. It will take some time, but you will at least be able to reduce the population. IMHO they are great at cleaning up excess so you might want to consider cutting back on feedings once you have reduced the population you have.

 

[Guest]

Wile they are mostly harmless when theres only a few and are small size, consider your worm population i would think removing some of them might be a good idea too, heres a detailed read about how to do it:

http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/reefref/bristle.html

 

[AquaNerd]

the bristleworms are beneficial to the tank. they are detritus eaters. chances are that snail they ate was dead or about to die. they can smell these things. a healthy snail would not have fallen victim to these worms.

again, they are beneficial. i've even bought a bunch (several dozen) to put into my refugium. some of them were even 4+" long. you won't be able to get rid of them because chances are there are a bunch more you haven't/can't see.

if you want to try to help control the population, try getting a six-line wrasse or other type of predatory fish that goes after worms and the unwanted pests like nudibranchs, pyramdelid snails, etc. this fish is cool and will (no promises though) eat a bunch of the worms.