what eats bristle worms

[eazy al]

what hunts and eat these worms i dont like them in my tank i dont care if they are good for the tank,i heard that arrow crab eats them if they do are they reef save?????

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Just curious, but why don't you like them?

 

[eazy al]

they are out of control to many ,lol i got pinch by one of them in my middle finger it felt a little numb for like 15 minutes n they look ogly

 

[gholtmeyer]

6 line wrasse will eat them. They wont take care of big ones, but you will notice bw population dropping pretty fast. Or at least they did in my tank.

 

[eazy al]

i got 34g red sea max 2 platz and a hippo dont know if i could fit an extra fish,it has a upgraded tunze skimmer 9002 .ill c them 6 lines are unexpensive ,i wanna know if someone had used or is using an arrow crab

 

[ecvernon]

If you have alot it could be due to over feeding. Reduce you feeding and there population will decline. Not sure how fast it would work for you.

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[Shananagans]

I believe coral banded shrimp will.

 

[eazy al]

the feeding part mite be true i ffeedd my fishes good,the minute food come falling down they all come out.ill do a reasearch on that shrimp thank for the info

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Huh?

 

[kalapnath]

arrow crabs and hawkfish but the hawkfish will also eat your cleaner or any type of shrimp that you have in the tank..........

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Bristle worms aren't the problem, it's the excess amount of food in the sand that they're feeding on. Start cleaning out the sand bed and feed the fish less. You might also want to consider getting rid of the hippo tang since it's going to require more food than a smaller fish not to mention it's too large for that tank anyway.

As long as there is food to support a population, it will grow to meet equilibrium. Once there are too many animals for the food source to support, the population will plateau or slow in growth. Get rid of the food source and your bristle worm population will shrink until there are just a few. They are good for the tank and an overpopulation is a sign of excess nutrients in the system.

 

[eazy al]

i mite go for crabs u hardly see them

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

6 Line Wrasses is BEST way to go he will take good care of ur bristle worm problems. Also b carefull depending on how big ur bristle worm is he can easliy take down a tang n consume him as food


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[eazy al]

i know about the hippo its true,he still small he'll grow quick im doing and up grade soon.ill give them less food :[ and getting some arrow grab or the coral banded, after i do my reasearch

 

[eazy al]

angelo wat up with bart ?havent herd from him,

 

[Bryceandmandy]

if you don't want them ill take them lol, i love them...theyre little detritivores that you DONT have to pay for..

 

[eazy al]

i need something to trap them with first.

 

[knutez24]

They do have traps. You could also make something pretty easily. Arrow crabs, 6 line wrasse, and i had a neon dottyback i've seen eat them. The 6 line and dottyback can be pretty territorial though and in a smaller tank like that your other fish woulnd't be to happy. Like others said you need to address some other issues or you'll probably be back at this point sometime again.

 

[DrMusik]

what kind of flow do you have? When I first started I had a huge problem, after getting a few Koralia nanos blowing the food off the sand and a few weeks of manual extraction they went from about 100+ to unnoticeable. Would recommend feeding further from night time as well they are largely nocturnal.

 

[Mattl22]

When do u see them ? I only ever see them when cleaning out my cheto