Worms good or bad? please help
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Topic: Worms good or bad? please help
Posted By: t-bone
Subject: Worms good or bad? please help
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 10:35pm
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I am setting up a new 24G Nano cube and I just added some new live rock last weekend. After i added the new rock i noticed that when i turn off the lights there are alot of little spiny looking worms that come out. Are they good or bad? I was looking stuff up online and saw that they might be bristle works or something like that. Do i need to worry about them? I plan to have some coral and other inverts in my tank and i don't want some bored worm killing everything i put in it. Also if they are bad how do i get rid of them? |
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Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 10:44pm
| Do you have a picture. It is really hard to say what they are without seeing them. |
Posted By: t-bone
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 10:48pm
| I tried to take one and it is really hard to see it because my camera sucks pretty bad. i will try to see what i can do though. |
Posted By: t-bone
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 10:53pm
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Here is a link to a picture online of what it looks like:
http://mistressreef.homestead.com/files/bristle.jpg - http://mistressreef.homestead.com/files/bristle.jpg
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 11:07pm
Bristleworms -------------  |
Posted By: bbeck4x4
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 11:08pm
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bristle worms are generally considered harmless, and a necessary part of your cleanup crew, with that said on the rare occasion you may get one or two that get so large that they may need to be removed, (i have heard of them needing to be removed at the length of feet ) if you get some spines stuck in your finger, vinegar is the best way to get the spines out, just soak the effected body part in the vinegar, and the spines will melt out. ------------- Family Portraits /Google trusted Photographer for Google Maps for Businesses |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 11:11pm
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Most bristleworms are beneficial detritus feeders.
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 12:07am
| We have one that is pretty long. From what we have seen it is over a foot long. We didn't even know we had it until it was about 8 inches long. It is just growing and growing. It lives inside one of our rocks and drives my hubby crazy. He just wants it out of the tank. He has tried eveything and can't get it out. |
Posted By: bbeck4x4
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 6:46am
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it really is a inexpensive part of your cleaner crew, the way to remove them is to take a piece of raw frozen fish food(like from the deli at the grocery store) and a piece of Bridalveil, rubber band the food into it and leave it in the tank over night, the next morning remove. trouble is you are likely going to catch more than just bristle worms. I would not worry about them myself, they are beneficial to your tank. ------------- Family Portraits /Google trusted Photographer for Google Maps for Businesses |
Posted By: dave huish
Date Posted: March 28 2007 at 1:07am
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i have touched them with bare hands in the past with little problems but just a few days ago I picked one up and now my ring finger knuckle where it touch is swollen and sore. they are good for tanks just as long as there are not tons of the buggers ------------- extended warranty.....how can I lose?!? |