what eats bristle worms

[Mattl22]

Take down a tang??

 

[fcamargo6thave]

Def get a 6 line wrasse, my lil guy eats all the bristleworms seen him the other day with one in his mouth. eazy al got the jc lingo down

 

[eazy al]

I have a red sea max with 2 korolia

 

[eazy al]

Were u at downtown ? By 6th pj

 

[Imbarrie]

I used to have them all over and I upped the flow. I also bought a cleaner shrimp. I still feed my tank pretty heavy but mine are unnoticeable now also.

 

[skene]

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

Wear gloves when working in the tank.

 

[eazy al]

Those gloves ur talking about are very bulky wont let me work with out knocking stuff in the tank.wish they made those gloves like the ones they use when ur getting a tattoo nice an tight

 

[eazy al]

Do any type of wrasse eats bristle worm or just the 6 line?

 

[MatthewScars]

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.

+1 Also be careful adding a 6 line, they are really aggressive. Most of the time you can fix the source of the issue without resorting to just bandaid'ing it with introducing a predator animal.

 

[fcamargo6thave]

Def get a 6 line wrasse, my lil guy eats all the bristleworms seen him the other day with one in his mouth. eazy al got the jc lingo down

No i am in the heights by manhattan ave