Found large worms in my tank

by **gdeeber** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:36 pm

I was feeding my corals this morning and found several large worms tan in color with little spines along both sides. Are they a problem in reef tanks?

by **fihsboy** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:59 pm

Bristle worms, despite what you read a lot of places......they are harmless. A lot of people think they eat corals.......I have them, and I just bought 3/4ths inch of a Garf Bonsai....at 90 bucks. Im not worried one bit about them. I have never seen them go after a coral.....ive been at this now for over two years. They eat deitritus too! :)

by **mro2you2** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:17 am

Even though there harmless I hate IF I had a tanks that worms learking aroung my tank were there, good fish that eat them are 6 line wrasse, the dwarf goby, and thelong m word fish............. you know.

by **Gldntrmite8894** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:53 pm

I've got a few that are well over a foot long, LFS says they are harmless just don't accidently grab one! The barbs hurt, break off and stay in the skin. I learned the hard way when cleaning the filter, took me a couple hours of picking at the barb to get it out and it burned for hours.

by **fihsboy** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:23 am

ohh yeah, they certainly hurt if you grab one. They are like cactus...literally. They itch and burn but eventually you can get it out.

by **Gldntrmite8894** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:47 am

I was moving a couple rocks and it happen to be on the backside of one i grabbed and you said it, just like a cactus..

by **puffedupseagull** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:40 am

Man i had one bout a half inch thick, and about 10 inches long. Mean looking fucker.
Glad i didnt grab him.

by **Gldntrmite8894** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:47 am

before i started adding the fish i noticed them so i would actually feed them.. drop in a little bit of flake food and they would go nuts crawling all over looking for the food. like i said, had one i measured with a tape measure as he passed by the glass, well over a foot long... insane to think it was in one of the rocks i bought...

Found large worms in my tank

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