Need Help!-BRISTLE WORM

[Evo]

Hi all,need help how 2 catch d 15cm long worm.It kills 1 of my algae blenny.Any 1 has expetise on how 2 catch it? Thanks!

[vicky]

hmmz , bristle worm seriously are wrong creatures yet right.

why?

coz bristle worm are left-over food scavengers and help loosen the soil , yet also it is a pest, it look like centipede and kill the fishes by inject poison.

[Terryz_]

Hi all,need help how 2 catch d 15cm long worm.It kills 1 of my algae blenny.Any 1 has expetise on how 2 catch it? Thanks!

FYI... Bristle worm does not kill fish... They will only eat the fish if it is dead.... Unless this worm is not a bristle worm...

[RockyBoy]

Could be fireworm .... that would be bad in your tank.

Fireworm facts

[nicholasloh]

Bristle worms do eat fish, sometimes alive. I used to have this problem. Long ones crawling in my sand. Anyway. Observe which rock it nests, and get rid of that rock. Good luck, you gotta need it.

[SBS_Transit]

same problem also,saw 2 of it , saw it killing something on my LR, later i saw another 1 in a hole, so i wait for it to come out, when it comes out, i use a tweezer to try and grap it but it was too fast, so fed up liao, use the sharp part of the tweezer n poke the hole, later saw some white dust coming out, i think its dead liao.

[FuEl]

To trap these worms..If I'm not wrong you will have to bait them. Put some fish or prawn meat into nylon stockings and tie them up. Leave the gunk in your tank after lights off and within hours all the worms will gather near the stocking.

[Clownfish Lover]

Hi there,

Pse look at my topic under general reef keeping, univited guests. I caught a 3ft bristle worm. Baiting does not always bring gd results. Best way is to remove the LR out of your tank & flush it out. Confirm all out. Gd luck.

[ben]

Hi there,

Pse look at my topic under general reef keeping, univited guests. I caught a 3ft bristle worm. Baiting does not always bring gd results. Best way is to remove the LR out of your tank & flush it out. Confirm all out. Gd luck.

this is the best way.

flush every single hole with freshwater and make sure the water really penetrates in. These worms will immediately scram out. Now none of my LR have any worms nor crabs

[angry]

Hi there,

Pse look at my topic under general reef keeping, univited guests. I caught a 3ft bristle worm. Baiting does not always bring gd results. Best way is to remove the LR out of your tank & flush it out. Confirm all out. Gd luck.

3ft bristle worm!!! Darn!!!

[alanseah]

bristle worm r gd and benfit to the tank.. but once it grow too big will become a pest...

and how big/many all depend on u.. as u r the one feeding them...

[weishun]

For me, i would observe which rock it actually nests. Untill i found it, i would get that piece of rock out of my tank and put it into a tank full of freshwater and leave it in the dark. After a few hours, if you are lucky, you will see the worm coming out. Then use a tweeser to gently pull the worm out. Becareful not to break the worm, if not it will regenerate into 2 worms. So always be gentle when pulling it out and not yank at it. Hope this will help you. Cheers!

[Hard Rock]

this is the best way.

flush every single hole with freshwater and make sure the water really penetrates in. These worms will immediately scram out. Now none of my LR have any worms nor crabs

[weishun]

Hmmm yah hor... can use freshwater to flush on the rocks meh? Won't it affect the bateria buildup on the rock?

[BarraCudaTM]

blind leading the blind ...

[ryz]

it is totally up to u what method u wanna use... FLushing the LR with freshwater will kill all the nitrifying bacteria.. but if you feel that getting rid of the pests is more important then by all means... bacteria will colonize the LR again.. leaving the rocks in extremely saline water(brine) can also force the pests out of the rocks IME placing them in brine would have a lesser effect on the microbes that colonises the LRs..