noob chronicles...... what would you do next

[Coralgurl]

Bristle worms are not a bad thing, you will end up with them at some point again, I wouldn't worry about them. Just don't touch them with your bare hands...ouch!

You may kill off other good stuff (bacteria) on the rocks by "cold" dipping them and end up requiring a full cycle of your rocks. Before placing in your DT, I'd put them where you can monitor the parameters to make sure you don't end up with ammonia from die off after dipping.

Regarding the majanos, you could epoxy over them, these pest nems are hard to kill for a reason, some may even say blow torch lol!!