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10/22/2006, 10:28 AM
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Bristle worms
Where the best place to get a good quanity of bristle worms at a reasonable price. I'm wanting maybe around 30-40. Babies are fine. I need some deep sand bed stirrers. I already have a few but not many. I like'em.
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10/22/2006, 10:35 AM
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IME the bristle worms dont really stir sand at all. They might poke their head down in it to get a pice of food, but they normally dont really burrow too much. But i do agree that they're good, so imo its a good idea to get some...but i dont know where to get em' sorry.
If you're looking for a sand sifter, i suggest the diamond goby. I had one in my 55 and he cleaned off a carpet of algae in quite a short time.
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10/22/2006, 11:01 AM
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The few bristle worms i do have i can see them borrow deep holes and tunnels into the sand through the glass. Looks kinda like an ant farm and you can see the worms move through the tunnels.
Won't a diamond goby eat the infuana in the sand bed. Can it clean out an entire sandbed of life. aquadw
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10/22/2006, 11:04 AM
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well a diamond goby does eat the pods and stuff in the sand...but thats what those pods are there for..to feed fish like the diamond goby. So unless you're planning on keeping some other fish that will only eat pods (like a manderin, but i dont recommend them) then it will be perfectly fine. My diamond goby took flake, frozen mysis, and freez dried plankton.
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10/22/2006, 11:31 AM
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10/22/2006, 11:35 AM
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If you patronize a reef shop, they might even give you a few: a few turn into a lot real fast, and they are good---just don't touch them! They sting something fierce...
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10/22/2006, 01:19 PM
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Yea, if you have a few, in a healthy tank, you'll soon have a sustainable population of them.
Stay away IMO of sand sifting fish... They can cover your rocks with their sandy "spittings", leaving you the mess. They can also devoid your expensive sandbed of all the critters you want. HTH TimO |
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10/22/2006, 03:06 PM
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If you have seen a few, you have plenty more. Just give them time, they have no predators in the tank.
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10/22/2006, 07:05 PM
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ya forgot to add what bllfish said...if you got one, you got a hundred more hiding in the rocks. So i'd just not even worry bout it to be honest. They'll all get there in time if they're not there now.
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11/01/2006, 11:42 PM
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If you want worms, here's what you do.
Move away for a year. Turn your tank over to your in-laws. Give them a list of instructions. Tell them to call you anytime. Let them do nothing. No water changes, no checking on anything. Just topping off for a whole year. Come home. Panic. Do the panic dance. Realize how many dollars worth of SPS are now skelotons. Realize how many fish are dead. Do the panic dance again. And then, see how mant bristle worms you have. Then, start killing them. You'll still have plenty when you transfer your tank to your home. Just some experience. Wade |
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11/02/2006, 12:03 AM
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my tank seems to have a ton of bristle worms in it. It is only a 12 gallon but I see some good sized ones, and teeny little babies. I figured they were breeding and am letting them to their thing.
If you want sand stirrers get snails. I have some snails that stay under for weeks on end.
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