Guys... I think I have a worm problem.

[Slyguy00]

Interceptor also kills them along with flat worms and acro eating flat worms. Just dosed my tank with it, and it has never looked better.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Interceptor also kills them along with flat worms and acro eating flat worms. Just dosed my tank with it, and it has never looked better.

I don't want to kill them outright, but I do want to reduce their numbers. I just pulled the filter sock:



If I do that every night for a couple of weeks I *should* make a dent in their population

[Dearth]

Yup definitely the stuff nightmares are made of.....

[Nate]

And that is why without the bio pellets your nitrates go up so quickly.

Need to be over feeding like mad to get that kinda population.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Nate

And that is why without the bio pellets your nitrates go up so quickly.

Need to be over feeding like mad to get that kinda population.

I'm gonna be looking closely at just how much food the worms are eating vs the fish today, or at least looking in to foods that don't sink straight to bottom when the pumps are off. I barely had any bristle worms in my old 90 gallon, but I left all the pumps running when I fed that tank, so nothing ever sat on the bottom long enough for them to grab it. I've always followed the 2 min rule, but upped it to the 5 min rule (only feed as much as your fish can eat in 2 or 5 min) when I got fish that were slow eaters and preferred to pick off rocks. However, I'm starting to think that the reason there's no more food left in the tank after 5 min is because these guys are eating it! If it's not getting to my fish anyway, it's wasted money.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by Dearth

Yup definitely the stuff nightmares are made of.....

I agree...YIKES!!!

[FishyFishy!]

OMG hahaha thats nasty! Talk about a creepy night shot.

But definitely go for a melanurus. I absolutely loved mine. He was super friendly with my other wrasses, and ate the crap out of bristles. They have killer coloring too.