Will this brisstle worm hurt my sps??

AudioAdict · #1 07/12/2007, 07:15 PM

I found this monster in my 24 gallon nano cube today at work. I think he might be dangerous to softer corals and my small fish at night. I have a 40 gallon SPS tank at home and i think i might put him there if he isnt going to cause a ruckus. Any thoughts??

Engine 7 · #2 07/12/2007, 07:17 PM

He is getting kind of big. Make soup out of him or give him away

Rovert · #3 07/12/2007, 07:33 PM

Got a surf casting rod?

plyle02 · #4 07/12/2007, 11:37 PM

I have some that large, or maybe even larger, w/ no ill effects on anything in the tank. They do however keep my LR looking nice and clean. They are excellent scavengers IMO.......

jjmcat · #5 07/12/2007, 11:59 PM

No problems here with mine.

Nick A · #6 07/13/2007, 01:03 AM

That thing is soo long. The largest one I've seen in my tank is maybe 5-6 inches long.a

Vanquish · #7 07/13/2007, 05:46 AM

I would remove the large ones.... mainly because they give me the creeps... :P

Vanquish · #8 07/13/2007, 05:48 AM

Opps! Forgot to add, I've seen several cases of bristle-worms boring into the base of SPS colonies, causing the coral to be in a stressed state and refusing to grow or colour up... so while it doesn't happen all the time, these worms can indeed pose a danger to your SPS...

AudioAdict · #9 07/13/2007, 03:30 PM

Thanks for your response Vanquish. Thats the input i was looking for.

He will will spend the rest of his days in my friends refugium.

dots · #10 07/13/2007, 03:34 PM

My only concern is when worms like this and large snails.....(I have a 3inch diameter snail), eventually die that they pose the same problem as a fish dying in the water. Soon we will have to not only be doing fish head counts every day, but worm counts....

Vanquish · #11 07/13/2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by AudioAdict
Thanks for your response Vanquish. Thats the input i was looking for.

He will will spend the rest of his days in my friends refugium.

Always glad to be of help...

JimBob Schmidt · #12 07/13/2007, 04:39 PM

hehe i wouldnt worry 2 much about him.... 2 years ago we found one just under 3 foot long in our 28 gal reef and he had to have been there for at least a year and never hurt a thing

JimBob Schmidt · #13 07/13/2007, 04:39 PM

hehe i wouldnt worry 2 much about him.... 2 years ago we found one just under 3 foot long in our 28 gal reef and he had to have been there for at least a year and never hurt a thing

gflat65 · #14 07/13/2007, 04:48 PM

That particular worm look slike a Fire worm, which are typcially seen as harmful. Regular ole bristle worms aren;t bad, but when they get big like that (and Eunicid worms), I'd have to find a new home for it...

DarkXerox · #15 07/13/2007, 06:28 PM

I just had a 5 incher get blown into my SEIO 820 and get chopped up yesterday. The hermits and nassarius snails had a field day and munched up all the pieces.

AudioAdict · #16 07/14/2007, 12:42 AM

DarkXerox I think thats what's going on in the picture above. ^^^

mickeyw43 · #17 07/14/2007, 12:44 AM

thier ugly loking

DarkXerox · #18 07/14/2007, 02:11 AM

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Originally posted by AudioAdict
DarkXerox I think thats what's going on in the picture above. ^^^

ya haha, that's what reminded me. I swear you see the craziest stuff in a fishtank when you're looking at it, imagine what you miss though that 95% of the time you're not looking at it.