Who is favorite member of your CUC? (1 Viewer)

[Subsea]

Its a delicacy for Haisans... 3.5" cone

I bought a thumbnail size blue clam for $70 two weeks ago and support sustainable harvesting and mariculture.

 

[BigRick]

I had the opportunity to see Richard's pet Golden Lobster he HAD for over 2 decades.. R.I.P. Richard is a true steward... He bought me my first Cuban Sandwich. They're not the same over here like down there. Real fun guy to hang around with. Definetly will be one of my most favorite times in the hobby.

 

[decimal]

Not to get off subject, It was one of my biggest disappointments when I came to Texas 20+ years ago. No media noche, tripletas, sándwich cubano or even a decent cafecito. Can’t get a decent jamón, huevo, tomate y mayonesa sándwich. No croquetas… and nothing has changed. It’s a travesty really.

 

[BigRick]

Not to get off subject, It was one of my biggest disappointments when I came to Texas 20+ years ago. No media noche, tripletas, sándwich cubano or even a decent cafecito. Can’t get a decent jamón, huevo, tomate y mayonesa sándwich. No croquetas… and nothing has changed. It’s a travesty really.

What did you call me? Lol

Sad.... I've tried learning soo many languages and don't know nothing but broken Engrisch... let me get my 13yr old daughter to translate that for me.

 

[BigRick]

Not to get off subject, It was one of my biggest disappointments when I came to Texas 20+ years ago. No media noche, tripletas, sándwich cubano or even a decent cafecito. Can’t get a decent jamón, huevo, tomate y mayonesa sándwich. No croquetas… and nothing has changed. It’s a travesty really.

We plan a trip to Miami bro.

 

[gregg]

i don't know how much it really cleans up but my favorite is my pistol shrimp.

 

[BigRick]

Mine and its tiger goby are scavengers

 

[Subsea]

All About Bristle Worms

A bristle worm is a long worm with a thin body and bristly tufts. Learn everything there is to know about bristle worms, including whether you need to remove them from your aquarium.

www.thesprucepets.com

While not my favorite pet, bristle worms have a definite niche as beneficial janitors. When I used a Wrasse as CUC member to get rid of flat worms, I lost detrivore crew and loaded up DSB with detritus. At that time, after 20 years with Jaubert plenum & DSB, I reduced sandbed from 6” down to 2” and included reverse flow up thru 2” of aroggonite with a grain size between .1 mm - 2.0 mm.

Getting Rid of Bristleworms​

Getting rid of bristleworms in a reef tank with a lot of live rock can be difficult and time-consuming. There are natural predators of bristleworms that can work quite well in a tank. These include:

• Dottyback
• Wrasse of the Halichoeres family
• Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
• Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus oxycephalus)
• Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens)
• Coral Banded Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)
• Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus setrcornis)

The Spruce

While this option is very popular, caution is advised. An introduced predator will eat the bad worms, but species such as these also will eat desirable inverts and crustaceans. Once the bristleworms have been consumed, the new predators in your tank will have to be dealt with in order to preserve the desirable invertebrates in your tank

 

[decimal]

I don’t understand why everyone dogs bristelworms. They are great cleaners and don’t harm anything

 

[BigRick]

I don’t understand why everyone dogs bristelworms. They are great cleaners and don’t harm anything

I got some so big that come out of the rock.. ugly.. some look like fireworms... they eat my berghia. Eat my snails ... they're predators too

 

[decimal]

Ah that makes sense then. I was under the impression that they are detrivores that are only cuc.

 

[Subsea]

What Is a Bristleworm?​

Members of the annelid family, the term bristleworm encompasses more than 10,000 species. Generally found in the ocean (but also occasionally fresh water), they're characterized by segmented bodies with bristle-like protrusions—called chaetae—along their sides.

All About Bristle Worms

A bristle worm is a long worm with a thin body and bristly tufts. Learn everything there is to know about bristle worms, including whether you need to remove them from your aquarium.

www.thesprucepets.com

Beneficial Bristleworms​

Bristleworms may look ugly and a little creepy, but most are actually good for your tank—if they are not the poisonous type. They consume materials in your tank that would otherwise decompose and produce ammonia, adding to the load that must be processed by your biological filter. Bristleworms primarily are scavengers and consume uneaten food, detritus, and carrion in a saltwater aquarium. Some people believe that a bristleworm in their tank has killed a fish when they find the bristleworm chowing down on a carcass. But in most cases, the fish was already dead or near death when the bristleworm decided to make a meal of it. The stinging types of bristleworms, such as fireworms, are an exception. Fireworms have been known to attack perfectly healthy fish (usually small ones) at night when the fish is sleeping in a crack or crevice of live rock.

 

[Subsea]

I got some so big that come out of the rock.. ugly.. some look like fireworms... they eat my berghia. Eat my snails ... they're predators too

Not sure what a fireworm looks like but I have removed an 18” bristle worm from one system. I purposely seed new systems with bristle worms as I consider them good detrivores that assist with sandbed maintenance.

 

[Subsea]

I have had an epidemic population of Asterina Starfish in 120G system. Two months ago, I added numerous snails & micro hermit crabs and now I have few Asterina Starfish. For certain, starfish were not consumed by snails and hermits but instead food supply that supported epidemic population was consumed. I could have accomplished the same result with due diligence to sandbed maintenance during partial water changes.

 

[BigRick]

I have had an epidemic population of Asterina Starfish in 120G system. Two months ago, I added numerous snails & micro hermit crabs and now I have few Asterina Starfish. For certain, starfish were not consumed by snails and hermits but instead food supply that supported epidemic population was consumed. I could have accomplished the same result with due diligence to sandbed maintenance during partial water changes.

Harlequin shrimp will devour your asternia.

 

[Subsea]

Harlequin shrimp will devour your asternia.

Not always. There are more than one species of Harlequin. For certain, the Harlequin I had starved as I dropped Asterina starfish on him.

 

[Subsea]

While not grouped with CUC, I consider ornamental sponges as consumers of microbes, including ich parasite larvae and an integral part of mixed garden biodiversity.

Depending on what we are cleaning up, determines the clean up crew. So, who cleans up DOC
(dissolved organic carbon)? Cryptic sponges consume DOC & POC and convert that to DIC and energy rich detritus to feed the microbial loop.