gmiller Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hello to all, a newbie here. I have a 55 gallon tank with two 30 gallon sumps and a canister for running charcoal. Have a few fish and corals but need to upgrade my lighting to get the corals to thrive. Now to my problem. I have a lot of bristleworms in my tank and in the last week I have pulled out 9 turbo snail shells sans snail and have seen worms on the shells. Now I understand the worms are beneficial and I tested the water and everything is within acceptable standards and all livestock appears to be doing fine. My question is will the worms attack living tissue? I thought not but now am not sure. I am contemplating getting an 8 line wrasse for a little worm control but understand they will sometimes go for the fan worms and snails. Any thoughts you have to share will be greatly appreciated,thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Bristle worms eat leftover food. Ease up on your feedings and the worms will decrease. They can only support themselves if food is around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Agree with michael. Bristleworms are harmless scavengers. their population in your tank will be directly relevant to how much excess nutrients you have in your system for them to feed on. If something is dead or near dead.......they will be all over it though willing to bet those snails were dead before the worms ever touched them. Welcome to the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Bristle worms eat leftover food. Ease up on your feedings and the worms will decrease. They can only support themselves if food is around. As long as they don't resort to munching corals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbrownies Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 if you are worried about them, but put a dead raw shrimp in an old nylon on the bottom of the tank, in on the sand if you have it, do this at night, and a few hours after putting it in you'll have most of the worms in your tank in that nylon munching that shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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