LR with worms!! wad kind of worms is that??

[aStRoBo|]

Help, just bought some live rocks 2 days back, and today, i spotted one dark brown with white stripes worm! It came out from on hole on the LR. gross! is it bristle worms or what? Need HELP!!

[junyong84]

kill all worms..

[ah^siao]

kill them while u can... or else...............

[terryansimon]

and I thought certain worms were harmless.

[Rufff]

How 2 differentiate the good worms from the evil ones? They all look alike 2 me ...

[ah^siao]

just get rid of all of them....

better be save then sorry

[hoppinghippos]

Why kill all worms?

[ah^siao]

they may harm your fish or corals in the future

[CKS]

Never seen any of them harming the inhabitants in my tank, infact they're very beneficial, they feed on excess food and whatever decaying in ur tank, a nice addition of the clean up crew family.

If you cant stand the way they look, try giving them to other reefers.

[Golden Tooth]

Agree.

[aStRoBo|]

after spotted the worm..i begin seeing some spiky small 'flowers' growing on my LR.. there's also some living things that will stick out all of a sudden and quickly hide into it body real fast..it's small though..im so blur abt LR , maybe should start a topic on keeping LR??

[hoppinghippos]

they may harm your fish or corals in the future

no offence but this isn't true. only fireworms pose a prob I think.

[andysho]

i also do have those they seem no harm

however clean my sand lol

[junyong84]

i think worms bite my fishes... my fishes fins arent nice at all...

[ah^siao]

some worms are good some are bad... but the thought of having long blisterworms in your tank gives you creeps... yeah???

so i choose to remove them... yeah...

u can nv tell whether the worm is good or bad by looking at it's face... so better be save than sorry

[aStRoBo|]

How to remove sia..once i wan to catch it and it end up back into the hole..is it wake up in the mid-nite with red light to capture it? does this way apply to this kind of worms?

[fishnerd]

Hi there, well, worms can be creepy but they do help in getting rid of decomposing stuff like uneaten food or dead organisms....as long as not bristle worm, which not only eats fish and destroys corals, can also leave you in pain when those invisible splints get into your fingers...trust me I know Can try getting a hungry Boxer shrimp, mine always gets a worm or at least a part of it every night for supper. .... but if you find all the worms appearing suddenly one day, your LR is gone, dead... and should be removed.

[aStRoBo|]

thnks dude!

[Dispar_Anthias]

no offence but this isn't true. only fireworms pose a prob I think.

And flat worms too are bad........ But in fact i choose to liev most worm alone....... very good dertivore

[AquaRa]

kill all worms. rinse the live rock with fresh water and kill them

[terryansimon]

rinsing live rock with fresh water doesn't only kill worms but many other creatures beneficial to the ecosystem of the tank you want to build up.

[xiggie]

kill all worms. rinse the live rock with fresh water and kill them

rinse with fresh water???????

then u better buy dead rocks instead of live ones confirm got no worms actually got nothing at all but rocks....

[ReDDeviLs]

my cleaner shrimps feed on worms! saw them sharing afew times..

[metals99]

i have some worms in my nano.. and i think they do a good work cleaning.. and i have a crab too that luvs to burrow..

[Dreamiez]

some worms are really strong...

rinsed twice with fresh water... left the LR out with fan blowing for one night... and they are still alive!!!

eeks... some as long as 30cm...