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Posted: August 05 2008 at 7:39pm |
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So I have a few bristle worms in my tank and I don't mind them but would prefer to keep them under control now before they become a problem. What are predators to them? I know coral banded shrimp but I have a peppermint shrimp in there now so I can't do that. Anything else I could put in to keep em under control before they beome a problem?
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 8:21pm |
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my skunk srimp will eat little ones
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out with the large and in with the nano
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 8:22pm |
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pitiful guppy tank.
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 8:29pm |
Many Dottybacks eat them.
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 9:27pm |
Arrow Crabs love to eat them.
One of the main ways to keep bristleworm population to a minimum is "Don't overfeed."
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 11:23pm |
I've never had a problem with them because I followed Will's advice about feeding.
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Posted: August 06 2008 at 8:16am |
I have a coral banded shrip as well as 2 peppermint shrips and they seem to be okay together for the time being (had them for two months), although i did start with 3 peppermints 
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 11:41am |
I bought an Arrow Crab for this purpose. Turns out he can tackle and dismantle the 2 or 3 inch or less ones, but all the ones bigger than that he just tickles. And I have a ton that are close to 8 inches now. 
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Posted: August 20 2008 at 12:53pm |
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So I bought a coral banded shrimp and he seems to be doing fine with the peppermint, But now he i attacking my condy anemone. I was just watching him and he kept pinching at the condy but not actually ripping off chunks yet. So that kinda sucks. Hopefully it will all work out. Thanks for everyones input
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Posted: August 20 2008 at 2:06pm |
Now you have a hungry CBShrimp that will probably eat everything else, including the Peppermint shrimp and coral. To pacify it you will have to feed more which will simply increase the population of BW's
I would not buy a CB Shrimp with the intention of controlling Bristleworms. It won't help. There are easier and no cost ways to reduce their numbers we can share with you if you really want to know and follow our suggestions.
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Posted: August 20 2008 at 3:04pm |
The little saddle back blenny that I think I have, lol, attacks the britsle worms in my nano. She must eat them, as she has a full belly, even if I haven't fed recently.
this is what she looks like..
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Posted: August 21 2008 at 8:15pm |
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I will just watch over feeding and spot feed my shrimp to hopefully keep him under control. The big reason I got him is because I think they are cool looking and if he helps with the bristle worms awesome.
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Posted: August 21 2008 at 9:40pm |
I don't understand why people don't care for bristle worms. Is it their looks?
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Posted: August 21 2008 at 9:53pm |
I don't mind the little ones, and I beleive the little ones are beneficial. It's the ones that look like they could eat a pit-bull that I don't trust. It's not the looks of them as a whole, it's the looks of the ones the size of your forearm that scare the crap out of ya! (Some exaggeration and embelishment.  )
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Posted: August 21 2008 at 11:34pm |
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No I want them in my system just not out of control. I have read they are beneficial and see why. So I don't want them gone just kept in control.
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Posted: August 22 2008 at 1:28pm |
The population will change according to how much food is available.
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Posted: September 21 2008 at 7:43pm |
If the natural preditors don't work, you could try a trap. Just take a piece of pvc pipe and put end caps on both ends. Drill holes in the pvc and put a piece of frozen food in the pipe. Let it sit overnight. In the morning you should have a pipe with bristle worms inside.
I used to have several bristle worms in my tank. Some of them very large. When I removed the LBTR rock and replaced it with other types of rock, I found the the bristle worms were gone. They must like living in the LBTR more than the other types of rock I had in my tank.
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Posted: September 21 2008 at 11:54pm |
Yeah my shrimp is keeping them under control. I don't want to get rid of them just keep them under control. If I see big ones I try to get them but other than that I do not see to many unless my shrimp has one in its claws  . My arrow crab makes short work of them in my nano. Thanks for the tip. Hopefully it wont come to that point.
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Posted: September 22 2008 at 12:26am |
 Mike Savage wrote:
I don't understand why people don't care for bristle worms. Is it their looks?
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for me its the fear or moving rocks around and find one hiding under there and getting some bristles in my fingers, i dig in my tank alot and i dont want to worry about them. that and the bigger ones eat corals.
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Posted: September 22 2008 at 7:24am |
Where did you get the information about them eating corals?
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