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09/30/2005, 06:18 PM
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I know of 2 ways that worked for me,
i can't recall the proper name but it is in the crab family, and it looks like a spider, with long legs and arms. the other is a marine betta, we put one in our tank and he totally cleaned up that problem. |
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09/30/2005, 06:22 PM
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It is called an arrow crab.
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09/30/2005, 07:30 PM
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common bristle worms are harmless and are a vital memeber of your clean crew like any snail , crab e.t.c why not keep most of them or you can throw a six line in for the small ones...
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09/30/2005, 07:54 PM
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ive been wondering what will keep the bristle worms under control.
I have a large population of them in my tank, and there are some extremely big ones, which i intend on trying to remove by hand. I know about arrow crabs, and steard away from them because they get large, i only have a 40gal. How do you think a 6-line would fair with a yellow tang and a maroon clown that have been in the tank for about a year? Andrew |
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09/30/2005, 07:58 PM
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Want to get rid of them fast? Advertise them "for free" in the Trades section. Guaranteed there are some happy reefers in your area that would love to save some money.
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09/30/2005, 08:04 PM
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I actually like bristleworms, if they are attacking your corals it may be a sign that the coral was dieing. I actually go to the lfs where i live and get some from him once in a while just because he swears they are bad, yet i have never had one attack any of my corals. There are other types of worms that look similar to bristleworms that are not as pleasant like the fireworm or something that i believe may attack corals. i am not 100% if the fireworms eat coral but i have heard that. good luck either way you go.
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09/30/2005, 09:41 PM
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The more you feed the more bristles you will have. They help clean up the uneaten food.
I used to have a green dragon wrasse that ate them. Really cool fish until my tomato clown decided to throw it in it's anemone. I heard those get large though. I had mine about 1 1/2 yrs and it wasnt very big. kass |
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10/01/2005, 09:19 AM
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First let's get the name thing worked out.
Bristleworms covers the entire class of polychaetes. These are most of the worms in your tank from featherdusters to hair worms and fireworms. Their behavior varies too much to make general statements about their behavior. Fireworms covers and entire family of polychaetes. This family, Amphinomidae, are almost all of the worms with calcium spines you see crawling around your tank. These are what most people recognize as bristleworms. Only one species of this family, Hermodice carunculata, is dangerous and only to corals. All the rest of the fireworms are harmless scavengers. These are not the ones that attacked anybody's healthy fish, but they are almost certainly the ones you're targeting. If your fish was indeed healthy and active when the worm attacked, I suspect your worm is a Eunicid, in which case the only way to solve the problem is to find the specific worm that attacked the fish. You will need to watch the tank at night and find where it lives and then flush it out. AFAIK there are no predators of eunicids in the hobby.
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10/01/2005, 09:22 AM
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Minor point greenbean, there are reports of Eurythoe complanata also being an opportunistic coralivore on occassion. Of course, misidentification could also be an issue there.
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10/01/2005, 10:49 AM
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I did find the rock the killer worm was in and removed the intire rock. The worm isn't coming out. I'm not sure what kind it is,
but all of my fish are healthy and I've had the yellow tang for a year. He was pretty healthy as far as I know. The worm was not red like most worms I see. It was more like greyish or more like brain colored. Thanks for all of the comments... Keep them coming... |
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10/01/2005, 11:46 AM
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I do think that the bigs ones a bit creepy, but since I pay good money for hermits and snails to clean up, I guess I should be glad for the free help. I am thinking of getting a six line, to keep things under control down the line, but won't he eat all my pods too, so I may never have a mandarin?
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10/01/2005, 12:09 PM
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10/01/2005, 12:43 PM
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I really would not worry about bristle worms, as someone said they are vital scavengers in your tank. They have gotten a bad rap because they are seen feeding on clams or coral or something and everyone says "oh, my bristleworm killed.....and I know it cause I saw him eating it." 99% of the time the organism was already dead/dying and the bristleworm is doing its job: cleaning up! JMO.
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10/01/2005, 01:10 PM
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worm out and is a big nasty!!! over 22". Wife went crazy, dog started barking, and you would have thought the sky was falling.
But it is big and ugly. I'll try to get a pic. of it later... Thanks for the help everone. I'll try to find out which type of worm it is. But I still think it had something to do with my yellow tang dying. But like fishguy said I'm not 100% sure. (my wife is) |
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10/01/2005, 05:22 PM
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It had nothing to do with the death of your fish. There is no way, shape, or form in which it could have produced any damage to a healthy fish.
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10/06/2005, 04:54 PM
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10/06/2005, 08:01 PM
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