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01/14/2006, 07:02 PM
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Bristle Worms
I have some long thin worms crawling out of my rock at night. I see them with a flashlight. Should i do anything about it? If so, what ? And what fish will eat them? This is a 120 gal Reef tank with live sand Bed and 150 lbs. of rock. They look like bristle worms.
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01/14/2006, 09:15 PM
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thats weird i have those too. i tried to get them but when the light flashes on them they suck back into the rock i have dedicated a whole night to watching them, and i have not seen anything they do as harmful but i'm no expert i just say this from what i have seen
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01/14/2006, 09:46 PM
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There is no way that I can catch on or even photo it. I have a lot of Fiji rock which has many deep holes which are interconnected internally. There must be some nightime feeder that would find them tasty, so they don't overgrow the tank. I don't see any harm in them either, but I'm not sure. Follow this thread.
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01/15/2006, 01:11 AM
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They are probably Bristle Worms. They can get quite large. I saw one once that was better than 1.5 feet in lenght! They are,in essence, part of the clean-up crew and will eat left over food, etc. I have read they are corrallivores or if, large enough, they can eat an anemone. (See Sprung and Delbock, The Reef Aquarium, Vols. I and II). If you are concerned get a 6 line wrasse, they love to eat them; but they will eat any worms you have in the tank. The alternative is a trap. Most LFS should have one or order one from Marine Depot.
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