help me ID!

[terryansimon]

as per above.

[jas_soh]

fireworm aka bristleworm.

can remain in tank till it attack your fish (unlikely).

[terryansimon]

I thought they never attack fishes. =\

[Dispar_Anthias]

I thought they never attack fishes. =\

When they attack your fish, it is usually when they are very big in size and also when the fish is already on its way to heaven thus it is only doing its job as a scavenger.

[Dispar_Anthias]

fireworm aka bristleworm.

can remain in tank till it attack your fish (unlikely).

Fire worm and bristle worm are commonly mistaken by reefer being the same kind but actually they are both different species.

[jas_soh]

ops.

den the above is...?

[Dispar_Anthias]

ops.

den the above is...?

IMo it should be a bristle

[FuEl]

Hold it in ur hand and you'll never forget what a bristleworm looks like.

[jas_soh]

[AquaRa]

no, it will disturb ur fishes. my blue tangs got bitten by it very badly, because they kept sleeping in between rocks, unaware, that the worm is lurking there.

[terryansimon]

are you absolutely sure that it was the worm that bit it?

my understanding of such worms is that they do not engage fishes unless the fish is half dead/dying.

[blacknails]

Yeah... scientifically speaking, a bristle's mouth is only able to act as a scavenger and not a predator. It does not in anyway have the anatomical means to hunt down or attack fishes... All they can do is to consume already dead or nearly dead fishes.... I read the reports on bristles from some Marine biologist and he is actually full of praise for bristles... And many times fishes are hunted down by crabs or already dead and the bristle is caught snacking on the already dead fish and blamed for being the predator.... I have tons of this worm in my tank... alot alot... And they do absoloutely no harm to my fishes and corals....

[Dispar_Anthias]

no, it will disturb ur fishes. my blue tangs got bitten by it very badly, because they kept sleeping in between rocks, unaware, that the worm is lurking there.

Don't blame the wrong culprit for no reason

[scooter blenny]

Yeah... scientifically speaking, a bristle's mouth is only able to act as a scavenger and not a predator. It does not in anyway have the anatomical means to hunt down or attack fishes... All they can do is to consume already dead or nearly dead fishes.... I read the reports on bristles from some Marine biologist and he is actually full of praise for bristles... And many times fishes are hunted down by crabs or already dead and the bristle is caught snacking on the already dead fish and blamed for being the predator.... I have tons of this worm in my tank... alot alot... And they do absoloutely no harm to my fishes and corals....

hi,

do u have ammonia problem?? or no3??

[regularguy]

hi,

do u have ammonia problem?? or no3??

what has ammonia or NO3 got to do with bristleworm??

[terryansimon]

yeah. what does NH4 and NO3 got to do with bristleworms?!