caught me a bristleworm

[fkshiu]

Put him in your sump. Feed him and love him and one day he'll grow up big and strong like this guy:
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

[Flash]

lol that aint no bristleworm!

[russp]

wow , I thought that the 1 I have is big . yikes
i have read that they can help with cleanup & I have been seeing this guy since I set up the tank 2 years ago but today I nabbed him . So far he has done no harm but ...

[Snaz]

[Sean]

I would not be able to flush it in fear it would crawl out from the deep while i was sitting on the toilet.

[gobytron]

I sure hope bristleworms don't grow up to be eunicids....


Can anyone throw up a link to some discussion of how bristleworms can actually be detrimental?

I have a hard time buying that they are anything beyond benign at worst and beneficial at best.

[russp]

call me crazy but I put him back in my display tank , I have a hard time killing things for no reason & this guy has given me no reason . He comes out almost every time I feed & the way I see it he is a part of the reef system , besides if I caught him once I can probably get him twice.

[MrGoodbytes]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I sure hope bristleworms don't grow up to be eunicids....


Can anyone throw up a link to some discussion of how bristleworms can actually be detrimental?

I have a hard time buying that they are anything beyond benign at worst and beneficial at best.

Hey! I just joined here but thought I could offer some info. Most bristlworms/fireworms aren't detrimental (eg. feather dusters are a kind of bristleworm). The common orange and black one we see is supposedly Eurythroe complanata while the nasty one people occasionally find is Hermodice carunculata. Eunicids are a separate family from the ones people commonly think of as bristleworms.

Here are some useful links discussing and cataloguing some bristleworms:
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php

call me crazy but I put him back in my display tank , I have a hard time killing things for no reason & this guy has given me no reason . He comes out almost every time I feed & the way I see it he is a part of the reef system , besides if I caught him once I can probably get him twice.

Glad you decided to let it stay . I'll share the worm I found last week with you guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWx-GSU5j0