How to DESTROY bristleworms ??

[windcoast reefs]

I watch my Christmas wrasse eat them all the time. Usually anything under 2", but then again he seems to eat every invert in sight, except snails and he is pretty big. But I really could care less about having them in the tank. They I've never had them hurt anything.

Anyways good luck killing them all, I don't think there is any possibility of getting rid of them all.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

I watch my Christmas wrasse eat them all the time. Usually anything under 2", but then again he seems to eat every invert in sight, except snails and he is pretty big. But I really could care less about having them in the tank. They I've never had them hurt anything.

quite a few wrasses will eat smaller ones, alot of other fish try but just end up wih a prickly beard lol :P:P

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by reefwars

quite a few wrasses will eat smaller ones, alot of other fish try but just end up wih a prickly beard lol :P:P

Lol yeah some of my wrasses have done that before after watching the Christmas wrasse! He is almost 7" so he seems to be able to take most on! Fun to watch him hunting, I'm amazed how quick he finds them.

Even after all this time there are still lots in the tank, pretty much an endless cycle.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Even after all this time there are still lots in the tank, pretty much an endless cycle.

imo, its a healthy part of an ecosystem , i believe when you remove things like this you do more harm then good, as bad as it hurts to have the bristles get you, they are 100% beneficial to your tank.

if someone doubts how good they are then overfeed like crazy....the fact that they reproduce very fast in tanks over fed easily means they are consuming the food sources.

fwiw...bristle worms do jobs and get places that no other cuc can get at

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by reefwars

imo, its a healthy part of an ecosystem , i believe when you remove things like this you do more harm then good, as bad as it hurts to have the bristles get you, they are 100% beneficial to your tank.

if someone doubts how good they are then overfeed like crazy....the fact that they reproduce very fast in tanks over fed easily means they are consuming the food sources.

fwiw...bristle worms do jobs and get places that no other cuc can get at

Yeah I would agree that they are good for the tank.

Get a pair of gloves and work around them if its that big of a deal for you.

[subman]

If you do trap them and get lots ill come and take them

[Aquattro]

But they're icky!!!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

But they're icky!!!

and they taste awful

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Yeah I would agree that they are good for the tank.

Get a pair of gloves and work around them if its that big of a deal for you.

heres something i bet most people dont know , you can actually pick a bristle worm up and not have them stick you , its when you make them mad or scare them they tighten up and push their bristles out.

i caught one a while ago that was floating, i didnt realize it was a bristle worm i actually let it crawl across my hand.....no bristles.

now if i went to pick it up with tweasers or squeezed it or poked it it would have been all over my hand.

drop one on a plate with some water after a few seconds for them to stop being mad their bristles do not stick out like they were.

when you see them move across the rocks they have bristles in neat little bunches , a bristle worm that is mad has a full vest of bristles going in every direction


still though...theyre icky and taste bad sooo :P:P

[martinmcnally]

Arrow Crabs eat bristle worms. I had one a while back cleaned most of them out of my tank.