- Location
- Merrick, NY
Ok I know there will be people telling me bristleworms are good for the tank yadda yadda yadda ...
BUT when are they TOO many? I mean I didnt spend all this money to create a saltwater paradise for bristeworms and all their friends and families!
I must have in the 100s!
I took the advice on another thread and used the bottle trick method. I think I did it right. I used a POM bottle (only plastic bottle I had) and put holes around the base - I used a philips head screw driver. then I out a raw shrimp in the bottle and filled it with tank water and sunk it to the bottom of the tank to try it out. I shut off the lights and left it for about an hour. I know it should work better at nighttime but this was just a test.
An hour later I check the bottle and there is a huge a$$ worm wrapped around the shrimp and about 6 other really small baby ones! I took the bottle out. I guess I have to toss the whole bottle out I dont know how to remove the shrimp and worms. Did I do this right?
Well I turned on the lights and saw so many big ones still peeking out so I fed the tank and took out the tank tweezers and took at deep breath and started plucking for the next 20 minutes. I got over 30 and soooo many more escaped.
Im nervous bc there are sooooo many tiny ones, maybe they were breeding thats why the water was burning my skin?
What else can I do to get the numbers down even more?
BUT when are they TOO many? I mean I didnt spend all this money to create a saltwater paradise for bristeworms and all their friends and families!
I must have in the 100s!
I took the advice on another thread and used the bottle trick method. I think I did it right. I used a POM bottle (only plastic bottle I had) and put holes around the base - I used a philips head screw driver. then I out a raw shrimp in the bottle and filled it with tank water and sunk it to the bottom of the tank to try it out. I shut off the lights and left it for about an hour. I know it should work better at nighttime but this was just a test.
An hour later I check the bottle and there is a huge a$$ worm wrapped around the shrimp and about 6 other really small baby ones! I took the bottle out. I guess I have to toss the whole bottle out I dont know how to remove the shrimp and worms. Did I do this right?
Well I turned on the lights and saw so many big ones still peeking out so I fed the tank and took out the tank tweezers and took at deep breath and started plucking for the next 20 minutes. I got over 30 and soooo many more escaped.
Im nervous bc there are sooooo many tiny ones, maybe they were breeding thats why the water was burning my skin?
What else can I do to get the numbers down even more?