How to DESTROY bristleworms ??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Too bad you weren't local, because I would be all over picking up a bunch to seed into my tank

right behind you!!

[FWC]

There isn't any visible population

I used marco rock for my tank ,and I try and dip any frag I let into the tank. I find fresh water will kill a bristle within 30 seconds.

However a few have managed to get in with the frags that I didn't dip, so I want to keep something in the tank for the odd worm that manages to escape my preventative measures.

[Proteus]

Stop feeding so much and they will disappear. I only have a few and rarely see them over a inch.

To be honest probably your best cleanup crew. I believe there's about 85 known spieces of brissle worm to which most are harmless to our tanks

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Titus99

To be honest probably your best cleanup crew.

Sounds like it's going to take a lot more convincing and the aid of a high priced therapist to change this person's opinion on worms

[cale262]

I've watched my Coral Banded shrimp hunt them...I can't even remember the last time I've actually seen one unless I'm moving a rock.

[FWC]

I never said I had a bristleworm problem

I don't overfeed the tank. The goby and crabs clean up anything not eaten.

I just don't like them and want something in my tank that will eat any that some how manage to get into my tank.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by FWC

I just don't like them and want something in my tank that will eat any that some how manage to get into my tank.

not sure if theres an animal that can guarantee that for you, if you dont want them in there really you should dip everything BEFORE it hits your tank.

if you only have a few, do the trap as albert suggested its the best way to catch them.

you can also fish for them , basically its the same as alberts idea without the bottle, at night take a piece of shrimp , put it in a plastic cliop lay it on the sandbed and go fishing with a pair of tongs everytime one shows his head.

there are fish and shrimps that eat them but they all go for easier food when its available so hit or miss and not many attack the large ones:P

a sump is a great place to keep them if you absolutely do not want them in your display

[Coasting]

I can lend you a pair of 8" bristle worms They should out compete the little ones for food no problem

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Coasting

I can lend you a pair of 8" bristle worms They should out compete the little ones for food no problem

i got a few in my sump that are about 20-24" and 1" thick lol

[windcoast reefs]

I watch my Christmas wrasse eat them all the time. Usually anything under 2", but then again he seems to eat every invert in sight, except snails and he is pretty big. But I really could care less about having them in the tank. They I've never had them hurt anything.

Anyways good luck killing them all, I don't think there is any possibility of getting rid of them all.