How to DESTROY bristleworms ??

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by reefwars

imo, its a healthy part of an ecosystem , i believe when you remove things like this you do more harm then good, as bad as it hurts to have the bristles get you, they are 100% beneficial to your tank.

if someone doubts how good they are then overfeed like crazy....the fact that they reproduce very fast in tanks over fed easily means they are consuming the food sources.

fwiw...bristle worms do jobs and get places that no other cuc can get at

Yeah I would agree that they are good for the tank.

Get a pair of gloves and work around them if its that big of a deal for you.

[subman]

If you do trap them and get lots ill come and take them

[Aquattro]

But they're icky!!!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

But they're icky!!!

and they taste awful

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Yeah I would agree that they are good for the tank.

Get a pair of gloves and work around them if its that big of a deal for you.

heres something i bet most people dont know , you can actually pick a bristle worm up and not have them stick you , its when you make them mad or scare them they tighten up and push their bristles out.

i caught one a while ago that was floating, i didnt realize it was a bristle worm i actually let it crawl across my hand.....no bristles.

now if i went to pick it up with tweasers or squeezed it or poked it it would have been all over my hand.

drop one on a plate with some water after a few seconds for them to stop being mad their bristles do not stick out like they were.

when you see them move across the rocks they have bristles in neat little bunches , a bristle worm that is mad has a full vest of bristles going in every direction


still though...theyre icky and taste bad sooo :P:P

[martinmcnally]

Arrow Crabs eat bristle worms. I had one a while back cleaned most of them out of my tank.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by martinmcnally

Arrow Crabs eat bristle worms. I had one a while back cleaned most of them out of my tank.

But not all, and that's what she's after, no bristle worms in the tank, period.

Unfortunately there will always be bristleworms in the tank. Always. Waiting....

[Coasting]

Originally Posted by reefwars

still though...theyre icky and taste bad sooo :P:P

Do we dare ask how you figured this one out?

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Coasting

Do we dare ask how you figured this one out?

Have to be gentle so it doesn't get stuck in throat.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Coasting

Do we dare ask how you figured this one out?

its never a good idea to lay your spaghetti bowl on your bubble traps