I have a six line wrasse but have never seen him kill one. I heard arrow crabs a re good also. So thinking about getting one. I have bristle worms and seem to get more and more if randomly move rock around and yank out as many as I can . Just looking for suggestions ...
Best way to keep bristle worm population down
- Thread starter Sanchez2896
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- Location
- Westbury NY
I had a bunch and got a purple dottyback. Never seen him actually eat one but he is fat now and I have almost no bristle worms left
- Location
- Brooklyn
Most wrasses especially the Melanarous love them.
Where did you get this information?
- Location
- Brooklyn
Lol fine most wrasses eat them
Same question... Where did you get this information?
- Location
- Brooklyn
By having an originally bristle worm infested tank, and now have a lubbocks fairy wrasse, small yellow corris, and a mystery wrasse and barely seeing bristle worms. Used to have a melanurus but unfortunely he disappeared, he might have put a dent in the bristle work population. Maybe it's a coincidence but I doubt it.
Edit: also have a baby yellow flanked wrasse.
Edit: also have a baby yellow flanked wrasse.
- Location
- manhattan
If you have an explosion of these worms its a fair indication that you are over feeding. Cut back on the food in conjunction to adding a eco solution.
- Location
- 10022
arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
love them
love them
You shouldn't be trying to get rid of bristle worms with a predator. They are harmless detrivores. If you have too many, you are feeding the worms too much. If you get something that will eat all your worms you will be losing a part of your ecosystem that you tank apparently needs. I'm not saying its bad your tank needs them. I'm saying they are doing a job.
- Location
- north jersey
holy cow phil. how big are the worms that they're eating fish?????
they are nasty looking when they get big.
i catch them with a tong at feeding time. there were times that i would get a few at each feeding however many times, once i caught one, others would run and hide. i believe they do learn how to avoid capture by staying in area that the tong can't reach....or the captured ones sent some sort of signal to warn others about the tong.
- Location
- Staten Island
Coralife makes a bristleworm trap, works great. Only thing is it works best if you check it often and pull them out as soon as they enter a decent amount into the trap. You can catch all sizes with it, also works quicker if you have an idea of where the worms are.
+1 x 1000 on all statements here lmao
- Location
- manhattan
I repeat from beginning of thread.
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