What is the best method to trap brittle worms ?

reef93 · #1 07-27-2011, 12:29 AM

WOW ... I should have asked you guys a long time ago, tonight I am going to try every single tip from your advice and let's see how many of them I can harvest in the next couple days

And I am going to chop them into a thousand pieces, not by toilet flushing

... so to HL649, don't even think that I will send any of them to you.

msjboy · #2 07-27-2011, 02:45 AM

isn't there a cheap Coralife Trap'Em. Supposedly works.. read the reviews at Marinedepot.com site on the item. i believe it's available locally...

msjboy

reef93 · #3 07-27-2011, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by msjboy

isn't there a cheap Coralife Trap'Em. Supposedly works.. read the reviews at Marinedepot.com site on the item. i believe it's available locally...

msjboy

I have had one but it never worked for me. They ate the food and were gone before I checked in the morning. I bought it at King Ed, you can check there.

isaac1 · #4 07-29-2011, 01:03 AM

i bought a mantis trap from big als and baited it with shrimp and garlic suppliment no matnis but there was a bunch of worms in it lol

BlueWorldAquatic · #5 07-29-2011, 03:03 AM

Damn, that thing is ugly.

Glad I could help.

Ken - BWA

reef93 · #6 07-29-2011, 03:21 AM

RuGlu6, that was exactly the same nasty one like yours I caught this morning ... I was so happy I got the bugger

... but I didn't have a good taste for breakfast after I saw it in full length ... yuuckk ...

RuGlu6 · #7 07-30-2011, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by reef93

RuGlu6, that was exactly the same nasty one like yours I caught this morning ... I was so happy I got the bugger

... but I didn't have a good taste for breakfast after I saw it in full length ... yuuckk ...

I brought mine to J&L in a zip lock bag... they didn't have a good taste ether LOL

whatcaneyedo · #8 07-30-2011, 04:55 PM

I have a lot more than a hundred at the moment and they've been a part of my tank's ecosystem since 2004. The only issue I've ever had with them is that I've been stung a few times which for me has been about as bad as a mosquito bite. Because of the bristle worms, mini brittle stars, stomatella snails and other varieties of smaller snail I nearly have tank that manages without a store-bought cleanup crew. In fact all I have that was store bought is a cucumber, two abalone, a limpet and an astrea in a 230gal system.

Hawkaholic · #9 07-30-2011, 05:14 PM

I agree with the feeding...cut down on how much you feed. The more you feed, the more the reproduce. I would even go as far as feeding every second day until the numbers decrease. A couple of coral banded shrimps are a good idea too. I've had them in my reef tank and didn't have problems with them.
Good luck Reef93

Lampshade · #10 07-30-2011, 05:21 PM

I never had a problem with them until this week, i found a near 1 foot long giant in my refugium. They don't eat macro algae.... so he's eating my pods! or well, the dead ones at least. I'd set up a crab trab before in my DT with just a coffee cup with a shrimp in it, ended up with a big crab... and 5-6 bristle worms. So I've just put that in the refugium, lets see what i get :S