Bristleworms removed!

[AGWL]

Just wanted to share because it's just so darn satisfying!

Bristleworms creep me the *** out. I'm moving everything from a 25 gallon (that was gifted to me) to a 55 gallon and the substrate in the 25 is just infested with the things. Blech. I'm replacing the substrate, so no worries there, but there are some rocks I want to keep and I've seen the BWs crawling around on/in. Traps haven't worked. My banded coral shrimp is a punk and won't eat them. Something had to be done.

Soaked one of the rocks in hot distilled water with H2O2. After an hour, this is what my daughter and I were able to get out of the rock. The really big one broke in half, but still. Gross!

 

[jeffyang]

I don't think it's necessary to remove them. They are beneficial inverts.

 

[AGWL]

I don't think it's necessary to remove them. They are beneficial inverts.

No, I get that. However, I am extremely grossed out by them. So out they go.

 

[bushdoc]

I have bad news for you ( although my wife says that I am usually wrong), there is plenty of them hiding in rock crevices, holes, under the rock and in a substrate(if you have one)

 

[Sidsreef]

No, I get that. However, I am extremely grossed out by them. So out they go.

I don't think it's necessary to remove them. They are beneficial inverts.

your tank will be just fine if you remove them. there a ugly worm and i would not want any in my tank even if its a good invert they will sting you and looks nasty. never heard anyone say that bristle worms are necessary beneficial inverts to keep lol

 

[bushdoc]

your tank will be just fine if you remove them. there a ugly worm and i would not want any in my tank even if its a good invert they will sting you and looks nasty. never heard anyone say that bristle worms are necessary beneficial inverts to keep lol

I am a bit weird, but when I got few bristleworms with Tampa Bay Live Rock, I cherished them and put into my sump and DT.

 

[Sidsreef]

I am a bit weird, but when I got few bristleworms with Tampa Bay Live Rock, I cherished them and put into my sump and DT.

hey man maybe thats what ill do. i feel like they would be fine in a sump. iduno about DT....bobbit worms are gross also

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

If those are creepy imagine tearing down a huge lagoon with 500+ lbs of rock for 3 days, to find a Bobbit worm crawling over my barefoot. It was at least 5 feet. it must have came in our our rock (this was in the late 90s) and lived in there 6 years or so... i had no idea such creatures existed till the pond was down to a a few inches.

 

[ReefGuard Systems]

they give me the creeps too.. but they really are a good member of CUC

 

[Fish Styx]

I am a bit weird, but when I got few bristleworms with Tampa Bay Live Rock, I cherished them and put into my sump and DT.

Me too. I ordered them from Indo Pacific Sea Farms to seed my tank.

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

they are creepy, and like mice for every one you see theres more in the walls (rocks)

 

[Sidsreef]

If those are creepy imagine tearing down a huge lagoon with 500+ lbs of rock for 3 days, to find a Bobbit worm crawling over my barefoot. It was at least 5 feet. it must have came in our our rock (this was in the late 90s) and lived in there 6 years or so... i had no idea such creatures existed till the pond was down to a a few inches.