Any way to get rid of Bristle worms?

[Fish Finder]

I have gotten some coral recently that is over run with Bristle Worms. Is there a dip i can get or some kind of fish. Or should i just ignore them and let them leave the coral on there own and go into the sand?

 

[OctaviousMonk]

I say leave them alone to do their job. If you do want them gone though I find coral banded shrimp to be the best thing for controlling them

 

[mandown123]

things will eat them like he saids the shrimp, also a six line wrasse i heard is good at taking care of them. I like my bristle worms, I have some that are quite big that only come out in the dead of night. they eat detritus and sift the sand.

also if you really want to get rid of them, all you need to do is make a bath of really salty water (like 1.035, 1.04) but that may harm the coral. i would only really recommend that for a piece of live rock.

 

[Alex]

assuming the coral is in a quarantine tank. get a small piece of pvc close the openings off with a knee high/pantyhose/nylon stocking after you have placed a small piece of shrimp in it then leave it in the tank. the bristle worms will go for it and get stuck, in the morning just discard. You can also do this in the display tank but some nocturnal fish may try to get at it also.

 

[spacenyc]

arrow crab

always have been told bristle worms are good but arrow crabs always work for me. cheap, intresting but will attack anything they can eat

 

[KathyC]

The will actually dissappear into the rocks, not the sand, and they are great detritus eaters
My Banded Coral Shrimp has yet to eat any of mine, but he may be the exception to the rule...

 

[Fish Finder]

ok i think ill just let them be. They came from a really small tank so the population exploded. I don't have any in my 150G so i think it should be fine. Don't u?

 

[basiab]

Their population will depend on what is in your tank. If there is not enough to feed them they will die off on their own. If they start multiplying then you are providing them with plenty of 'food'.