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reefwars 09-25-2012 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Titus99 (Post 749376)
Have to be gentle so it doesn't get stuck in throat.


absolutely lol after the first half dozen go down the rest are a breeze:P:P

just plug your nose, close your eyes and chew fast.....then wish to god you were dead lol:twised::twised:

Proteus 09-25-2012 01:07 AM

Maybe I can borrow a couple big ones to clean out overflow lines. Scrub scrub

Aquattro 09-25-2012 01:32 AM

Still my favorite worm..

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

Proteus 09-25-2012 01:48 AM

So gross

FWC 09-25-2012 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 749372)
But not all, and that's what she's after, no bristle worms in the tank, period.

Unfortunately there will always be bristleworms in the tank. Always. Waiting....

Glad to know I'm a girl now...

Aquattro 09-25-2012 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FWC (Post 749408)
Glad to know I'm a girl now...

lol, just figured, with you being all squeamish....ah, nevermind :razz:

FWC 09-25-2012 02:04 AM

'Tis all good :P

I'm fine with pretty much anything else ,just not bristleworms ,peanut worms ,and other nastey little worm like hitchhikers.

Edit : The best thing I could think of to comapare it to is people who are scared of snakes. I love snakes ,own 4 of them ,and think that being scared of snakes is beyond stupid. However there are people that can not even be in a room with snakes ,let alone look at them. Pretty much the same thing with me and bristleworms ,to a lesser scale.

asylumdown 09-26-2012 05:28 PM

I fear you're chances of having a bristleworm free tank are pretty close to zero. You'll think you got them all, then one night, when you least expect it, you'll see one slithering from on hole of your rock to another. You won't know how it got there, but the chances are good that if you can see even a single one, there are dozens to hundreds more in there that you'll never see. Nothing will ever be able to eat them all once they're in there, because bristleworms are very rarely out in the open where something could eat them. They spend most of their time under/inside rocks, making more and more bristleworms to replace the unlucky few who do get noticed and removed, or eaten by a predator.

Perhaps a little exposure therapy is in order?

FWC 09-26-2012 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by asylumdown (Post 749916)
Perhaps a little exposure therapy is in order?

Yes


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