Worms Galore!

[youngfisher]

Tank lights have been off for about 20 minutes and i have just counted 19 bristle worms on the sand bed alone. Urgh. Are there any fish that eat them and that are suitable in a 160ltr tank??

 

[bae1994]

nooo leave them i know there grose but there a valuable member of the clean up ccrew if your creapt out just wear latex powder free rubber gloves (which i do)

if not arrow crabs can eat smaller ones and look like spiders

 

[AK77]

Agreed. Bristleworms are like a free cleanup crew and a rarely a problem. Last night I witnessed one stretch from its hiding place in the live rock, to grab a food pellet. about 3 inches away. Just be sure to wear your marigolds when handling the rocks though.

Those arrows are one crab I would never have in my tank.... because they look like a spider

I'd have to stand on a chair and scream until Seffie came and got it out

 

[seffieuk]

Oh yuck, the crab is worse than the bristle worms

Bae, do you really wear gloves to put your hands in the tank

Seffie x

 

[jtnova13]

i don't but i might start now that i have some bristlies. heard they pack a punch.

YF, if you reduce feedings they'll die off. Dunno if it's possible, but i'd say they are a valuable CUC addition.

 

[bae1994]

only when handling lr (howver if i cant find the gloves then i risk it mainly as my anemone and the bristle worms

(also used to wear full length real thick ruber gloves (like the ones they use on cows lol) when i had my lions)

oh and i like arrow crabs although they can get to 6 inches across

 

[seffieuk]

those crabs and can cause rock slides!!

I never wear gloves, have had a few rashes, but always have anti histamin handy

Seffie x

 

[AK77]

eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 6 inches!!

I'd need a bloody big newspaper to squish that with. It'd probably grab it as I swung and then beat the granny out of me.

I always wear gloves when handling the rocks. Gives you better grib and minimizes the risk of getting tagged by something in there, like bristleworms or a zoa that you didn't know was there.

 

[seffieuk]

You are all big jessies

Seffie x

 

[bae1994]

nooooo were just sensible

 

[seffieuk]

nooooo were just sensible

Big jessies I say, which is funny coming from somebody who once dropped a crab on the floor because it touched her hand when moving rock across from trods nano to her five footer

Seffie x

 

[bae1994]

yeah now the truths out lol

i wear gloves as i once picked a 6 inch bristle worm out of the sand thinking it was a loose zip tye it was awful but i ran it under hot water and it didnt affect me so i wear gloves now

 

[Truck]

I always wore gloves in my SW tank, firstly i was allergic to the stinging cells of aiptasia, and secondly, i dont fancy an isopod sticking its jaws into me

 

[seffieuk]

I always wore gloves in my SW tank, firstly i was allergic to the stinging cells of aiptasia, and secondly, i dont fancy an isopod sticking its jaws into me

those isopods were scary

Seffie x

 

[bae1994]

just googled them and yuck