caught me a bristleworm

russp · #1 09-19-2010, 11:10 PM

I just caught a big ole bristleworm , now what ? do I leave him in the display tank , banish him to the sump or???

Flash · #2 09-19-2010, 11:14 PM

flush it

fkshiu · #3 09-19-2010, 11:18 PM

Put him in your sump. Feed him and love him and one day he'll grow up big and strong like this guy:
http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

Flash · #4 09-19-2010, 11:19 PM

lol that aint no bristleworm!

russp · #5 09-19-2010, 11:27 PM

wow , I thought that the 1 I have is big . yikes
i have read that they can help with cleanup & I have been seeing this guy since I set up the tank 2 years ago but today I nabbed him . So far he has done no harm but ...

Snaz · #6 09-20-2010, 01:34 AM

Sean · #7 09-22-2010, 03:48 PM

I would not be able to flush it in fear it would crawl out from the deep while i was sitting on the toilet.

gobytron · #8 09-22-2010, 09:22 PM

I sure hope bristleworms don't grow up to be eunicids....

Can anyone throw up a link to some discussion of how bristleworms can actually be detrimental?

I have a hard time buying that they are anything beyond benign at worst and beneficial at best.

russp · #9 09-23-2010, 02:44 AM

call me crazy but I put him back in my display tank , I have a hard time killing things for no reason & this guy has given me no reason . He comes out almost every time I feed & the way I see it he is a part of the reef system , besides if I caught him once I can probably get him twice.

canadianbigkat · #10 09-23-2010, 03:16 AM

From the reading I have done there are good and bad bristle worms with most being good scavengers, if he is doing no harm then it is one less maint crew member you had to buy.