Caught a bristle worm
 

Just happened to be looking in his direction at the time he happened to be out for food. Was about 3.5 inches long.

I know some say I should have left him but I have a vision of setting my thumb on him one day...

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Yes I have done this a few times as they are hideous and super fun to catch lol. Each time I bother to catch it I just put it in my ball of chaeto in my sump to never see it again. Prob gets sucked back into my DT

Yeah I felt kinda bad getting rid of him but I can't take the chance that someday my daughter grabs a piece of rock or something and gets stung. If it were just me I'd probably have left it.

Curious why your daughter might be grabbing rocks in the tank??

I was thinking the same thing......why can I picture peanut butter covered fingers in the fish tank?

It's my belief that for every worm you see in your tank, there are thirty more of them that you don't see. Possibly more.

I had the same thought, Hmm :nono:

Would that not be the same as saying, she shouldn't go outside, might touch poison ivy/stinging nettle?

I don't find their sting all that bad really and not all that frequent either, little more rare then anything. Tingles a bit then goes away, unless I get the hairs embedded in my fingers, then it itches and stings for a few days. NEVER as bad as touching those plants outside. I pick up bristle worms in my tank all the time, hand feed them to the anemones. It's usually when I touch them when their escaping the anemone that they sting.

When I feed so many come out I can afford to toss a few.

and yes I know that means I got too much food in the tank for them to multiply so much but im working on that.

Used to have plagues of micro bristle stars. now it's bristle worms.

With all due respect that is kind of a stupid question. I am making a guess but you don't have kids? Putting a bristle worm within reach of a child is a risk I can easily mitigate by removing said bristle worm. Would you do the same for your daughter? I don't let her play within arms reach of poison ivy or nettles etc. either.