help ID worm found in new setup

Neesmo · #1 03-30-2011, 03:47 AM

My friend has found some random creatures in his new Sw setup and being that we are all stricktly FW people we have no idea what they are.. Any help is appreciated for us newbs lol. Will post pics in 5 minutes

hound96 · #2 03-30-2011, 03:54 AM

looks like a bristle worm

FishyFishy! · #3 03-30-2011, 04:03 AM

Yeah just looks like a haggard bristleworm

Wayne · #4 03-30-2011, 04:12 AM

Don`t touch him with your fingers, his bristles will get stuck in your fingers... It sucks

Neesmo · #5 03-30-2011, 04:19 AM

There is only about 10 pounds of rock in the tank but there is quite a few of these worms in there. There is just 3 damsels and some hermit crabs right now. What would be better to control these worms? Would i need a number of arrow crabs or wrasses for this 90 gallon setup? Thanks guys

rtram · #6 03-30-2011, 07:17 AM

imo, any measure taken to get rid of bristle worms this early on in your tank is quite unnecessary as they are beneficial detritivores for any aquarium. unless you find them tremendously aesthetically unappealing, i'd just leave them and let them do their job.

bryceschutte · #7 03-30-2011, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rtram

imo, any measure taken to get rid of bristle worms this early on in your tank is quite unnecessary as they are beneficial detritivores for any aquarium. unless you find them tremendously aesthetically unappealing, i'd just leave them and let them do their job.

+1

They are good leave them.

RuGlu6 · #8 03-30-2011, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rtram

imo, any measure taken to get rid of bristle worms this early on in your tank is quite unnecessary as they are beneficial detritivores for any aquarium. unless you find them tremendously aesthetically unappealing, i'd just leave them and let them do their job.

+1
Liave them, they are cleaners.
In reef tanks criters that we like most (Fish) produce most waste, and criters that we like least (worms) help us clean the tank.

reefwars · #9 03-30-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Neesmo

There is only about 10 pounds of rock in the tank but there is quite a few of these worms in there. There is just 3 damsels and some hermit crabs right now. What would be better to control these worms? Would i need a number of arrow crabs or wrasses for this 90 gallon setup? Thanks guys

you may want to invest in some more live rock if you plan to up your bio load or have more fish...10 lbs in a 90 g isnt much unless you mean you have 100 lbs??

toytech · #10 03-30-2011, 11:27 PM

Bristle worms are good cleaners , and if you friend gets a wrasse in the future it will take care of any of the brave ones that come out in the day . My yellow corris wrasse eats them like popcorn ,somehow doesn't seem bother by the spines.