Clam troubles

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Riddle me this then......... if BRISTEL worms ( and thanks to Tony for correcting my spelling ) are scavenger's and we all know they are, how come then not one of my dieing clams had a BW inside the clam amongst all the goo when I have taken them out of the tank. I pulled the latest one out today and there where none in sight and the lights had not come on yet.

Tony we all know you where just us bad spellers

Have you ever watched a bristle worm feed on a dead organism before? Most reach out from the little hiding hole that they live in to feed. They don't all jump right in and wallow in the corpse like pigs in mud. Most also spook and retract right away when discovered.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by kien

So let me get this straight. What you're trying to say here is that in a Brett and Doug sandwich I would be the filler? I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Have you ever watched a bristle worm feed on a dead organism before? Most reach out from the little hiding hole that they live in to feed. They don't all jump right in and wallow in the corpse like pigs in mud. Most also spook and retract right away when discovered.

Any thing that has died or was dying in my tank had a bristle worm in it, on it or under it. I moved some of my zoas around the other day to do some frags and under most of the big disks like you and some were your there were a couple little bristle worms. I don't like them even though most people do, I don't and will remove everyone I see.