bristle worm

[ChrisB]

I am seeing alot of these worms around tank are they bad?

 

[kkaz642]

No!!! Lol na I wouldn't be concerned about the worm. But it probably means you have been over feeding. 1 or two aren't a big deal. This one looks big tho I would pull it out just because I hate them lol.

So cut down on feeding if you feed less they will disappear on their own.

 

[dubs]

pink spotted goby eat them

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

MAlenarus wrasse will exterminate all pests

 

[Weicowireman]

That looks red like a fireworm.

 

[thirty6]

MAlenarus wrasse will exterminate all pests

and is sweet looking too

 

[basiab]

I would keep them as long as they are small. They are good garbage men.

 

[Weicowireman]

Fireworms are no good. Bristleworms are ok if you keep your feeding down. Bristleworms will consume detritus and are fairly harmless to the tank. Fireworms are ruthless and you should remove them when u see them.

 

[Weicowireman]

 

[h2o]

Yeah get rid of them ,don't touch with bare hands !!
Like others said its a sign of overfeeding ,its better just to have copods do the cleaning worms will irritate some coral and r nasty looking

 

[Weicowireman]

Use a piece of panty hose with a piece of shrimp in the middle and place it in the tank or use a worm trap. Then you need to reduce your feeding otherwise they will mass produce and you will have a large amount of bristle worms. They spawn very easy.
Thats what happends when they spawn. I reduced my feedigs from 2 a day to once and I have them slightly under control with a 6 line wrasse and a melnaruous wrasse. They reproduce extremely fast and have massive amounts of babies. They will invade your coral and if you have anything that is slightly dieing they will finish it off. They are scavengers.

 

[ChrisB]

I feed every other day 1 once. Ill try and get wrasse to. What does the panty hose do?

 

[Weicowireman]

The bristleworms have tiny little legs like a catarpiller they will get stuck inside or on it..

 

[Custom05Taco]

I have 2 bristle worms 1 is about a foot long the other about 6 inches are they okay or are they too big

Sent from my ADR6300

 

[JonnyJ]

I honestly can't believe people are saying that bristle worms are a bad thing. They are great for a cuc, and even better for people with bad husbandry lol.

Anything that does not harm corals or fish and that will clean excess uneaten food are a plus in my book.


Can they annoy a coral? Sure, will they kill one? No way.

 

[KathyC]

The picture the OP posted is a bristleworm, not a fire worm.

They are great scavangers in a tank. If you overfeed your tank the population will get larger. If you feed the correct amount for the number of fish you have, the bristle worms will consume any leftover bits the fish might miss.

Overfeeding a tank is just that - putting in way too much food at once that your fish cannot consume within about 3-5 minutes or less. You could feed your fish 3 times a day and still NOT be overfeeding - as long as each meal is small.

IMO a tank SHOULD be fed daily. We are keeping fish who live to do only 2 things...eat and reproduce. Feedings should be daily to keep your fish from becoming stressed. Stressed fish are more prone to jumping from the tank, fighting and getting sick.