yrevanth Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Guys, I dont know if these worms are bad for the tank or not... But i have a ton of bristle worms all over my tank!!! and i noticed that their population exploded after i had my ich outbreak and removed all my fish... Is there something that I can do about them? or do i just let them be or is tehre a fish or shrimp which will kill them? Rev! (Sad that the apartment doesnt allow more than a 40G tank !!! :() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hey Rev, In general bristle worms are a really beneficial member of your cleanup crew. I really only remove them when they get really big simply because they start to get painfully in the way when I move corals and rocks around. There are however critters that will eat them and help get them under control if you want to do so. Probably the easiest to acquire and catch once it is done with its job, is the arrow crab. They are pretty good cleaners themselves but can develop and apotite for smaller hemit crabs when they get pretty large. Let me know if I can help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yrevanth Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 hmm.. thanks Garrett, but is there a fish which will not sort of turn on my other critters? The bristle worms i dont have a problem with, but only thing is they are too many in the tank... that is all.. Rev! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 My melanurus wrasse and cigar wrasse both eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 My melanurus wrasse and cigar wrasse both eat them. Yep, also yellow coris, mystery wrasse, even larger six lines, pretty much any utility wrasse. They only like to eat the real small ones though and most utility wrasses will pose the same problem as the arrow crab in terms of possibly going after smalle hermits and shrimps, accept they are much harder to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmoore Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 My Christmas Wrasse took care of all mine.... now if he would just eat the flat worms I would love him even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 enjoy them while they last because they seem to go more than they come... plus it's kinda of a wake you up jolt when you get stung by them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 My eight line wrasse keeps their population down. The only time I see them is if I move a rock and they are small. They don't even appear when I feed meaty foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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