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View Poll Results: Best method to control bristle worm population
Copper Band Butterfly 6 8.00%
Six Line Wrasse 19 25.33%
Bristle worm trap 3 4.00%
Reduce feeding 10 13.33%
Emerald Crab 2 2.67%
Arrow Crab 12 16.00%
Coral Banded Shrimp 14 18.67%
Other fish (please post type after voting) 3 4.00%
Other crab (please post type after voting) 2 2.67%
Other shrimp (please post type after voting) 4 5.33%
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:45 AM
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Bristleworms are a great part of cuc. you can never get rid of all of them. control is by food and good maintenance. any polyps they may be eating are ones that are dying anyways. they won't eat healthy corals unless you have some predatory kind but the chances of that are small.

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Bristleworms are a great part of cuc. you can never get rid of all of them. control is by food and good maintenance. any polyps they may be eating are ones that are dying anyways. they won't eat healthy corals unless you have some predatory kind but the chances of that are small.

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I agree for sure they are a natural and great part of the clean up crew. I just want to keep them in check. I have reduced feeding (about 3 months ago)and I also run an FX5 on my 34g RSM but I haven't noticed a reduction in the population. I should mention that I also blast my rock with a turkey baster to try and keep the detritus to a minimum, plus my corals love the "reef snow"....
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