Triggerfish31 August 31, 2008 Share August 31, 2008 I got my algae problem under control. I just looked into my 75 tank and noticed a lot of bristle worms crawling around on my rocks. What is the best way to deal with this problem? I have counted at least 20 worms in my tank. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf August 31, 2008 Share August 31, 2008 Melanarus wrasses!!! Mine go after them alot. They're good with taking care of other pests too. http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDeta...977&cid=290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 August 31, 2008 Author Share August 31, 2008 Will this fish jump out of the tank? I heard that some wrasses like to jump out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind September 1, 2008 Share September 1, 2008 Unless they are extremely large worms I would just leave them alone. When I was just starting to keep saltwater tanks I used to freak out about trying to remove them. Now they are the least of my worries. Most tanks are going to have them and they help to break down solid fish wastes or anything that might accidentally die. Make sure you are not overfeeding your tank as the uneaten found will make them multiply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf September 1, 2008 Share September 1, 2008 Agreed with what was said above, but I like to limit the amount of scavengers in my tank to a degree. I let my asterina star population get out of hand, and I woke up to several stars devouring one of my dendro polyps. Two harlequin shrimp have put a stop to that. I had an ENORMOUS population of bristle worms in my tank, which has been severely cut back due to having 4 wrasses in my tank. Not gonna lie, I also have a personal vendetta against the bristle worms. I am VERY allergic to them, and my skin takes literally weeks to recover after a sting. I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hence me having 3 Melanarus wrasses in my tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryL September 1, 2008 Share September 1, 2008 (edited) Agreed with what was said above, but I like to limit the amount of scavengers in my tank to a degree. I let my asterina star population get out of hand, and I woke up to several stars devouring one of my dendro polyps. Two harlequin shrimp have put a stop to that. I had an ENORMOUS population of bristle worms in my tank, which has been severely cut back due to having 4 wrasses in my tank. Not gonna lie, I also have a personal vendetta against the bristle worms. I am VERY allergic to them, and my skin takes literally weeks to recover after a sting. I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hence me having 3 Melanarus wrasses in my tank ouch...and i thought i hated the way they feel like fiberglass in the skin.... Edited September 1, 2008 by GaryL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 September 2, 2008 Author Share September 2, 2008 Thanks for your responses. I am going to look into getting a Wrasse as well as setting up a quarantine tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore September 2, 2008 Share September 2, 2008 I believe pseudochromis will also eat them; they tend to not jump out of tanks as much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi September 2, 2008 Share September 2, 2008 I don't think I have touched a bristle worm more than 4 or 5 times in my 16 years of keeping a reef tank. What are you guys doing that you come in contact with them so often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Grenier September 2, 2008 Share September 2, 2008 I was yanking-out some spagetti macro from my fuge the other day and accidentally grabbed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 September 2, 2008 Author Share September 2, 2008 I called the company up about getting a wrasse and got hounded because I did not have any live rock in my tank or some type of biological filtration. I have a 75 gallon tank, with 8 medium size rocks and one large rock in the tank, all of which have been in there since February. I am using two of the large Eheim Eco canister filter. I found out from the guy that I have fire worms instead of bristle worms. What other type of bio filtration do I need? I cannot afford getting a bunch of live rock for my system. I need some advice on what direction to go in. Or is it safe to just go ahead and by another fish for my tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi September 3, 2008 Share September 3, 2008 Time to get a Melanarus wrasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind September 3, 2008 Share September 3, 2008 I called the company up about getting a wrasse and got hounded because I did not have any live rock in my tank or some type of biological filtration. I have a 75 gallon tank, with 8 medium size rocks and one large rock in the tank, all of which have been in there since February. I am using two of the large Eheim Eco canister filter. I found out from the guy that I have fire worms instead of bristle worms. What other type of bio filtration do I need? I cannot afford getting a bunch of live rock for my system. I need some advice on what direction to go in. Or is it safe to just go ahead and by another fish for my tank. I really don't think this guy can give you any accurate advice about your system or what type of worm you have over the phone. It would help us out if you could post some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf September 3, 2008 Share September 3, 2008 I don't think I have touched a bristle worm more than 4 or 5 times in my 16 years of keeping a reef tank. What are you guys doing that you come in contact with them so often? Its not like I get stung all the time. I've only really had truly bad run ins with them when redoing my aquascaping. I also have a ricordea garden in the middle of my 92gal, and the rubble the ricordeas are attached to slowly sink into the sandbed. I periodically pull the rubble pieces out of the sandbed so they are resting on the DSB, and that is when I usually noticed a bunch of baby bristleworms everywhere. If you have a frag disk, or LR rubble piece laying on your DSB somewhere, pick it up sometime and I'll bet you have some worms hiding out underneath. I like to get my turkeybaster out every now and then and shake up the sandbed where the ricordeas are. Make the baby worms shoot out and the wrasses are quick to come out later to scoop them up. LOVE IT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefmontalvo September 3, 2008 Share September 3, 2008 Funny you say that I remember moving all my aninals to the new tank I found all kinds of Brisstle worms everywhere. I noticed the hermits and the six line wrasse have kept the population very low. Plus the feeding of the tank is kept very low. I only place enough food to feed the fish in there and that is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 September 4, 2008 Author Share September 4, 2008 This is a test for my pic. Here is a pic of my tomato clownfish. If it does not show up, well then I have given up hope on putting pics on here. I have been having trouble on how to put pics on here. Maybe someone can explain on how to do it step by step. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf September 4, 2008 Share September 4, 2008 This is a test for my pic. Here is a pic of my tomato clownfish. If it does not show up, well then I have given up hope on putting pics on here. I have been having trouble on how to put pics on here. Maybe someone can explain on how to do it step by step. Aaron Don't use this site to post pics. Register for a free account at photobucket.com and upload your pics there. Then you can copy and past the IMG code from photbucket into the thread, and the pic will show up. Far and away the easiest way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefmontalvo September 4, 2008 Share September 4, 2008 Good looking out on the 411. I have been wondering how that process works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi September 4, 2008 Share September 4, 2008 for the noobs out there: Click the little up there. It will want you to use your WAMAS album. However, you can use the HTML img tag "[ img] url for your picture [/img ]" to accomplish the same thing. (Note: the HTML tags in the example have extra spaces in them so you can see the code.) Photobucket generates the code for each picture as part of their service. You just cut and past the code from the picture entry. Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 September 6, 2008 Author Share September 6, 2008 http://s484.photobucket.com/albums/rr202/c...nt=DSC_0407.jpg This is Patches my Tomato Clownfish http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr202/c...pg?t=1220729771 Here is my 75 saltwater Tank I hope you like the pics, at least this is a start for posting pics of my tank. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefmontalvo September 6, 2008 Share September 6, 2008 Very nice tank. It's going to look really nice once you get the coraline to start growing and the corals set in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggerfish31 November 2, 2008 Author Share November 2, 2008 Here is a picture of a worm that I got out of my tank. Is this a bristle worm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperawe November 2, 2008 Share November 2, 2008 Here is a picture of a worm that I got out of my tank. Is this a bristle worm? yup, that looks like a bristle to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary November 3, 2008 Share November 3, 2008 When I trim back my chaeto I actually go through it and throw the bristleworms and any pods I can find back into the tank. Bare hands, and never been stung. IMO the bristleworms serve a purpose, and anything that eats detritus is OK in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefmontalvo November 3, 2008 Share November 3, 2008 When I trim back my chaeto I actually go through it and throw the bristleworms and any pods I can find back into the tank. Bare hands, and never been stung. IMO the bristleworms serve a purpose, and anything that eats detritus is OK in my book. WOW, Bare hands you have bigger Church Bells than most. I do agree bristle worms keep the sand clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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