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what do you do with a bristleworm?? ummm...

MURDER THEM

ummm ya.... they are probably the most disgusting evil little creatures...i mean yes i understand that "every creature serves its purpose" but ever gotten bitten by one of those babies??? grrrrrrrrrr.... see above for my best suggestion.

Hmmm Ya they are ugly and can be painful. But they also serve a very good purpose in maintaining the tank. My concern is the big jumbo dudes. I'm not worried about the tons of 1-5" guys...well until they get bigger that is.....

I find that having many bristle worms helps to controle their population. Due to interspecific competition the population will not exceed what the tank can sustain. I find that the overall size they can achieve is also limited because of the above factors. Having only one will alow it to grow bigger because there is nothing to limit its growth.

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Originally Posted by kuatto

I remember that monster the last time me and john were over your place :eek: I have a small version of yours,maybe I should fish him out soon :confused:

:eek: O.h yeah thats right hey and that was a year ago when you seen it! Its grown! Although for a while its my own fault.. when I figured he was one of my cleaning crew so I fed him a piece of krill, almost everyday. Feed like I turned on him now and feel bad for killing him.

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Originally Posted by medic_eva

i can send over my boyfriend to flush it! he didn't want to flush mine either, but i was busy cooking him supper so i made him... ya gotta show him who'e boss! eva

Hey EVA, Bring your man over! I'll make you guys dinner! :lol: :lol:
I just can't bring myself to kill anything...how pathetic hey. See when I was young, I was the little girl that got upset if boys killed the bugs...then again I did have a bug farm in my mom's shed. O.H maybe I was a weird kid.... loved nature though. :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by bulletsworld

haha... what part of downtown you in? i'm not too far from you. maybe if we are together we can flush him with eachothers support lol...

eva

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Originally Posted by medic_eva

haha... what part of downtown you in? i'm not too far from you. maybe if we are together we can flush him with eachothers support lol... eva

:lol: :lol: support group is awesome! :lol: :lol:

AHGHGHGHGH

ANOTHER ONE IN THAT FRICKEN ROCK FROM BIG ALS

DIE DIE DIE

uhg. i have no love left for them. i plucked it out with tweezers. stupid little fuzzy pieces of crap.

uhg

bullet, i have no issues in killing that thing for you. let me know when! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

My sister has a great way of getting bristle worm . . . she grabs her ever-so-handy turkey baster and sucks them up! Then FLUSH! I've done it too - works like a charm!!

i have at least three large bristle worms in my tank. the largest is about 12" long. they are not the most attractive thing but i have never seen mine eating anything othe than scraps and left overs from the messy eating fish. i don't think they eat corals. as i said befor i have three quite large ones in my tank and my corals are healthy and have never been eaten.

i like have the briastle worms because i know that they eat the left over food that the fish miss that would otherwise ROT in your tank. maybe some of you guys have something different but i have exactly what you have discribed bulletsworld.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...G_0700-med.JPG

is this what you guys have in your tanks. you can see my finger in the bottom of the picture for reference.