Bristleworm?

[reeffreak]

Originally Posted by AndyB4784

Reef - If you catch them in large enough numbers I will gladly pay for shipping if you would be willing to send them to me. I always buy big ones from the store i work at and would be happy to give them a good home.

your kidding,right.
People actually buy bristleworms?

Andy.I haven't seen any so far but okay if you really want them.
I had huge(8")bristleworms that crawled out from under the rocks when I fed the fish on my last tank.Yeah they eat detritus but man they were some ugly

[JellyMan]

yes they are but they look better then the medussa worm I found one of those not to happy about that

[SSalty]

Ok, I am totally freeked out now. Call my a wimp, I don't care. To me I could care less if they are good for the tank. Without them I will have a better peice of mind. I don't even want to dig around my liverock anymore.

What is the best way to get rid of them. I am kind of screwed here, because arrow crabs look like spiders, and I hate spiders, haha. Are there any traps that are effective.

Seriously this is the only thing that freaks me out about ANYTHING. Ever since I was a kid I hated anything that looks like a small snake.

Put it this way, you couldn't pay me to have a brittle star in my tank either.

[SSalty]

Oh, I also hear that Six Lines will eat bristle worms??

[reeffreak]

I think they sell traps but don't remember where?(sorry)

You don't like arrow crabs either?Put some food in the tank,then yank them suckers with a tweezer then.Get er done.

Dip the rocks in a bucket with high salinity(1.032) may work.
But somehow I don't think you want to do that either.

[AndyB4784]

use a piece of PVC with a nylon pushed through it. stick a piece of food about 3/4 of the way into the nylon that is inside the pipe. The worm should get stuck inside the nylon when it goes into the pipe. and yes catch a lot of them and i'll pay shipping for them.

[Bifferwine]

Six lines will only eat the really small ones. They won't do anything for the big suckers. There are bristleworm traps that they sell (it looks like a long green tube) but in my experience, I have never caught any using it. I've always had good luck just waiting until the tank gets dark then using a flashlight and some tweezers. That's how I populated my refugium. It's like a bristleworm convention in there.

[SSalty]

So Six Lines aren't worth it? Won't they do a good job with keeping the population down?

[Bifferwine]

Only the little ones. I have a sixline and I still see tons of bristleworms.

[reeffreak]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Only the little ones. I have a sixline and I still see tons of bristleworms.

could they be reproducing in the refuge and the eggs or whatever returning to the main tank?