Bristle worms

[Glaswegian]

Thanks guys. The biggest one right now, at least that I've seen, is about 3-4 inches. Then there's maybe 3 smaller red ones. I here they get rather large though, are they fast growers?

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Glaswegian

Thanks guys. The biggest one right now, at least that I've seen, is about 3-4 inches. Then there's maybe 3 smaller red ones. I here they get rather large though, are they fast growers?

I have some in my DT and frag tanks, I would say don't worry about them. There ugly but are part of what's in the marine world. I say leave them alone as they serve a useful purpose as part of the cleanup crew. My opinion only.

[daniella3d]

One of them or maybe a few, ate the whole bottom of my small clam in only one night. The clam looked great the night before, then in the morning it was missing half of it. They can get into small clams and eat them, even if they are healthy. Large clams are not such a problem.

It's the only time I had problems with them but darn, that was one of my favorite clam. I also got my fingers full of needles a few times when doing maintenance.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

One of them or maybe a few, ate the whole bottom of my small clam in only one night. The clam looked great the night before, then in the morning it was missing half of it. They can get into small clams and eat them, even if they are healthy. Large clams are not such a problem.

It's the only time I had problems with them but darn, that was one of my favorite clam. I also got my fingers full of needles a few times when doing maintenance.

Not that I doubt you but. Maybe it was fire worm?

[Glaswegian]

Here's a picture of the other ones that are in there. Are they fire worms or just bristle worms? New to the hobby, so I'm rather curious

[WarDog]

Here's a good video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_KbY2-hV_4