Bristleworms and BTA

[FishWife]

There are bristleworms attracted to the food I'm giving my new BTA. Is this a concern? Should I get a fish that eats bristleworms? I know they are prolific and that all rocks have 'em, so they must be in the ocean, but in closed systms, are they a concern?

[fry_school101]

They come running any time I put food in the tank. (I use frozen) I've never seen them actually get on my anem though. Them being desireable / pests is a debate. I've never seen them do anything bad in my tank, but . . .

[treesprite]

They come running any time I put food in the tank. (I use frozen) I've never seen them actually get on my anem though. Them being desireable / pests is a debate. I've never seen them do anything bad in my tank, but . . .

 

depends on how many you have.... you want enough to be a benefit and not so many that you see them crawling everywhere

[yagerboy]

Fishwife,

BTA's will take cae of themselves.. If you have one now, you''ll have 4 before you know it! (if you H2O is ok).

 

Giove your tank time to do its thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flowerseller]

Bristleworms and BTA

 

Kinda sounds like a bag of treats you might have with a soda.

[lanman]

There are bristleworms attracted to the food I'm giving my new BTA. Is this a concern? Should I get a fish that eats bristleworms? I know they are prolific and that all rocks have 'em, so they must be in the ocean, but in closed systms, are they a concern?

As someone said - a few is good, a TON is bad. They will multiply rapidly if you overfeed your tank, but otherwise they are just good eaters of extra food in your tank.

 

bob

[rrubberbandman]

Bristleworms and BTA

 

Kinda sounds like a bag of treats you might have with a soda.

tequila would probably be better....therefore the bristles wont hurt as much going down!