Bristle worms

1bigstud · #1 03-26-2006, 01:08 AM

It's terrible to hear some of these horror stoires. Especially the goby and baby cardinals. Luckily I havent noticed any destructive behaviuor in my tank yet. Though I will be monitoring them for sure. Anyone have anything good to say about these worms? There must be some purpose to them besides attacking fish and eating corals. So for those of you that catch these, what do you do with them once they've been caught?

i have crabs · #2 03-26-2006, 01:32 AM

just for the record regular bristle worms are very reefsafe scavengers that clean up detritis and left over food,the problem i had was just them doing thier job just not when i wanted it done,and the problem with the goby and the corals are only from the one kind of bristle refered to as a fireworm wich is not reefsafe and should be removed and returned to the ocean via the toilet.

untamed · #3 03-26-2006, 01:59 AM

I have a red headed goby that frequently has gets "spined" as well. Mine always seems to get stuck in the eyes only. He has yet to suffer any permanent damage. Life is hard in the aquarium.

scub steve · #4 03-26-2006, 02:29 AM

i had the same problem as you all i can say it i took all the rock that did not have corals on it and dipped them in boiling water and all i can say is ill bet you are only seeing 25% of what is in there and the other things i did was get an arrow crab and a lunar wrass and they were all gone in a short while a lunar wrass is too big for your tank so i would go with a 6 line i hope this helps a bit