WTB bristle worm eating fish (reef safe)

[ashaegyee]

Hi

want to buy bristle worm eating fish asap

found big one and some small bristle worms in my tank

any advice for getting rid off these worms

thanks

[dragoncube]

Don't think there are any, especially the big ones. You can try to ambush the without nights, worm trap, or fresh water dip.

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[tofubox]

+1, I had a bristleworm problem before. Done a fair bit of research, there isnt a fish that works well for these worms unfortunately. Have to manually remove them. Can grow into a population problem very soon. What i did was to kill my liverocks one at a time. Sadly, I was never able to completely get it under control.

They tunnel very well into the rocks, and move very quickly when i tried using tongs to pick them up. A critter trap will probably work. Set one up, and see what u get overnight. Hopefully the population in your tank can still be controlled.

I now remove any worms i see, be it good or bad. Just can't risk it again.

[ashaegyee]

bros

thanks for advises

bro tofubox where can i get critter trap

thanks

[tofubox]

Critter traps can be DIY easily. Search on google for bristle worm traps.

More common traps:

DIY Plastic bottle method (Cut bottle into half, invert one side onto the other)

PVC Tube Trap ( 1 pvc tube, with end caps both side, drill holes on the end caps size of an adult bristle worm, place bait in middle)

Women's Stocking / panty hose method (Put a bait inside panty hose, tie both ends, leave it near to infested rock)

Chicken essence bottle method (more for crabs)

They have a few commercially made traps, but not sure if its available here in sg. Havent seen any in stores. Its called Trap'em

[ashaegyee]

thanks

[tofubox]

Heres a good thread, easy to diy. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1913372

[ashaegyee]

thanks alot bro

[les71]

My cleaner shrimp eat worm,i saw it attack and eat a big n longer than itself worm.

[dragoncube]

Wow you have an Arnold cleaner shrimp.

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[ashaegyee]

ohh i saw my small one run away lol

[christan1959]

I've been in the hobby on-off for 20+ years, and I've never seen a worm harm or kill any livestock. These guys are scavengers. If u see a lot, it means u got a lot of uneaten food in tank. And they eat things which are dying or dead. But not healthy ones.

[tofubox]

Agreed, i use to keep mainly fishes in my tank, heavily overfed. Leading to the explosion of worms unknowingly. They are harmless and good scavengers. My tank was just unsightly with them crawling everywhere. Plenty made its way to the overflow compartment too. Thats when i had enough of it. lol.

[dragoncube]

How about this one?

[ashaegyee]

same with attach pic A

[ashaegyee]

pic

[m_wtan79@yahoo.com.sg]

How about this one?

 

This shd be bobbit worm if i'm not wrong

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[dragoncube]

This shd be bobbit worm if i'm not wrong

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yes. Horrible creature.

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[les71]

My cleaner shrimp attack n eat the worm from pic a.