Fire worm!! predator?

Hi Foks,
Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering about some predator strategy
johnb

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 02:40:41 GMT, "comcast newserver"
<> wrote:

>Hi Foks,
>Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering about some predator strategy
>johnb


do you mean bristle worms? I've never heard of an infestation of the
real "fire worms".

yeah my book said they were the same -- i thought...ill look it up again and
let you know if thats right and which book too
johnb

most likely bristle worms that you have. while I as well as many others will tell you they are perfectly harmless and one of your best members of the clean up crew, I will try to refrain and just answer your question.

if they are small there are a few of the wrasses that eat them, the 6 line being one of the most common. Coral Banded Shrimp eat them as well as flat worms if they aren't feed via the tank feedings. also the same goes for the arrow crabs, if they don't get feed directly by extras when you feed the tank, they will eat BW's.

hth
kc

"comcast newserver" <> wrote in message news:JeSzb.306008$ao4.1049822@attbi_s51...
Hi Foks,
Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering about some predator strategy
johnb

Collect as many of them and carefully pack and ship them alive to me...
I will thank you later. BTW - where are you located?

"comcast newserver" <> wrote in message news:JeSzb.306008$ao4.1049822@attbi_s51...
Hi Foks,
Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering
about some predator strategy
johnb

In article <JeSzb.306008$ao4.1049822@attbi_s51>, "comcast newserver"
<> writes:

>Hi Foks,
>Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a =
>few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering about some =
>predator strategy
>johnb

Ok so I'm a little behind on the posts. I'm just so bussy thies days.

But the best thing to eat bristle worms is an arrow crab. They *love* bristle
worms. Bristle worms lare like candy for them. They are always eating them.

But keep in mind that unless they are actualy fire worms, bristle worms are
beneficial, although I did have one decide to choo a whole in my silicone in my
front left corner of the tank, making it leak, so I had to inject some potasium
silicate in the corner to stop the leak.

But if you want something to reduce the brisstle worm population, get an arow
crab.

Wayne Sallee
http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm

Wayne, could you describe how you fixed your tank? I'm not familiar with
potassium silicate, but I'd like to have your solution on file in case I had
a small leak like yours!
thanks, Mike
"Wayne Sallee" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <JeSzb.306008$ao4.1049822@attbi_s51>, "comcast newserver"
> <> writes:
>
> >Hi Foks,
> >Im have an infestation of fire worms, any ideas what i can do - i have a
=
> >few corals and i dont want to use chemicals so im wondering about some =
> >predator strategy
> >johnb
>
> Ok so I'm a little behind on the posts. I'm just so bussy thies days.
>
> But the best thing to eat bristle worms is an arrow crab. They *love*
bristle
> worms. Bristle worms lare like candy for them. They are always eating
them.
>
> But keep in mind that unless they are actualy fire worms, bristle worms
are
> beneficial, although I did have one decide to choo a whole in my silicone
in my
> front left corner of the tank, making it leak, so I had to inject some
potasium
> silicate in the corner to stop the leak.
>
> But if you want something to reduce the brisstle worm population, get an
arow
> crab.
>
> Wayne Sallee
> http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm

In article <s3jMb.17191$>, "Mike
Imbler" <mike-> writes:

>Wayne, could you describe how you fixed your tank? I'm not familiar with
>potassium silicate, but I'd like to have your solution on file in case I had
>a small leak like yours!

I disolved silicate with potasium hydroxide.
It's not like resealing the tank with silicone rubber, but it beats having to
clear out the tank to reseal it. I simply used a hyperdermic needle, pushed it
down through the sand, and into the silicone where the tunnel was dug by the
worm, and injected the potasium silicate. I've had to repeat this a few times,
as it gets cleaned out by critters, but it should become stronger over time,
and it's just a small area.

What happened is there is a small air passage in between the glass on the
bottom left corner, but the silicone on the inside sealed it up, but when the
worm dug through that, the small imperfection air space was exposed, and it
slowly leaked.


Wayne Sallee
http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm

Thanks Wayne! That's a trick I'll file for the future.
Mike
"Wayne Sallee" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <s3jMb.17191$>,
"Mike
> Imbler" <mike-> writes:
>
> >Wayne, could you describe how you fixed your tank? I'm not familiar with
> >potassium silicate, but I'd like to have your solution on file in case I
had
> >a small leak like yours!
>
> I disolved silicate with potasium hydroxide.
> It's not like resealing the tank with silicone rubber, but it beats having
to
> clear out the tank to reseal it. I simply used a hyperdermic needle,
pushed it
> down through the sand, and into the silicone where the tunnel was dug by
the
> worm, and injected the potasium silicate. I've had to repeat this a few
times,
> as it gets cleaned out by critters, but it should become stronger over
time,
> and it's just a small area.
>
> What happened is there is a small air passage in between the glass on the
> bottom left corner, but the silicone on the inside sealed it up, but when
the
> worm dug through that, the small imperfection air space was exposed, and
it
> slowly leaked.
>
>
> Wayne Sallee
> http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm

what does a fire worm look like & why is it bad. i have some red
worms that look like fishing worms from the tackle shop, only shorter
& more red. are they bad guys?