Brittle Worms?

MarineMarty · 08/11/2009, 06:37 PM

Hi All, From past experience I really hated getting pricked by bristtle worms. My question, since I am starting over is if I should even introduce them into my tank. I hate using gloves but those needles are a pain in the A@#.

Sisterlimonpot · 08/11/2009, 06:42 PM

You don't need them in the tank... they are a great part of the CUC though. but definitely not necessary.
However you are going to have to be very careful in what you add to your tank though... You can't add live rock, you are going to have to use lace rock and let it become live. I once had a bristle worm hitchhike on a coral frag so inspect everything you add to your tank.

ERICinFL · 08/11/2009, 07:21 PM

A Coral Banded Shrimp will help keep them at bay. I get a kick out of watching mine pull the little buggers out of the rocks and munch away on them.

MarineMarty · 08/11/2009, 07:24 PM

Erincinfl, Now that sounds like my style, worm eating shrimp.

Salamander · 08/11/2009, 08:38 PM

Maybe I'm lucky. But I've never had the pleasure of feeling the prickly bristles in over 7 years of keeping my reef. I never use gloves and often have my hands. I've probably jinxed myself now.

MarineMarty · 08/11/2009, 08:45 PM

Salamander, your so lucky I have to use a ligt and magnifying glass to pull them out

Flipper62 · 08/11/2009, 09:10 PM

Bristle worms..........

.....I like them

Salamander · 08/11/2009, 09:58 PM

Now that I jinxed myself I'll be posting in a few days asking how to remove the spines. I'm just lucky like that.

tat2shawn · 08/11/2009, 11:15 PM

Hey not on the topic, but can any one tell me what kind of fish is in ERICinFL avitar. Thanks

Toddrtrex · 08/11/2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by MarineMarty
Salamander, your so lucky I have to use a ligt and magnifying glass to pull them out

You can dip the affected finger in vinegar to help dissolve them.

I personally love having them in my tank, they are great detritivorous.

Everyones Hero · 08/11/2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by tat2shawn
Hey not on the topic, but can any one tell me what kind of fish is in ERICinFL avitar. Thanks

It's a red firefish. Just an FYI- They don't really breathe fire. :P

BurntOutReefer · 08/11/2009, 11:34 PM

sixlines will eat them also...bristleworms are a good part of the cuc....although not when they get big though...then just unslightly

BurntOutReefer · 08/11/2009, 11:35 PM

add the rock and put in a worm trap

MrHarvard · 08/12/2009, 07:04 AM

I like to have them as part of my CUC....I have yet to be pricked by mine either so maybe thats why I still like them....LOL

ERICinFL · 08/12/2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Everyones Hero
It's a red firefish. Just an FYI- They don't really breathe fire. :P

Now hold on a second! Do you actually think I'd Photoshop my avatar? I spent millions of someone else's dollars to genetically engineer that fish, specifically for the purpose of breathing fire underwater. Oh sure, some people were maimed in the process and will have life long scars, but no one died. The fact that you would even hint that it doesn't breath fire, cheapens the lost limbs, seared flesh and burnt hair, that so many people sacrificed to make that fish.

phenom5 · 08/12/2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by Everyones Hero
It's a red firefish. Just an FYI- They don't really breathe fire. :P

What...they don't breathe fire?

Looks like I'll be crossing that one off my stocking list.

BTW, does anybody know where I can get some sharks with some frickin laser beams attached to their heads?

moevilla · 08/12/2009, 12:23 PM

My skunk cleaner shrimp eats the bristle worms in my tank. The worms use to readily come out looking for food, now they have gone into hiding fearing for there lives!

Everyones Hero · 08/12/2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by ERICinFL
Now hold on a second! Do you actually think I'd Photoshop my avatar? I spent millions of someone else's dollars to genetically engineer that fish, specifically for the purpose of breathing fire underwater. Oh sure, some people were maimed in the process and will have life long scars, but no one died. The fact that you would even hint that it doesn't breath fire, cheapens the lost limbs, seared flesh and burnt hair, that so many people sacrificed to make that fish.

Well, I'd edit my 1st post. But I can't. Apparently you can only buy a fire-breathing fire fish if you're the government.

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BTW, does anybody know where I can get some sharks with some frickin laser beams attached to their heads?

There was this bald guy I knew that had a couple of sharks like that. I'd give you his email address but I don't think he's around anymore (sharks w/ laser beams attached to their heads were apparently a bad idea.)

08/11/2009, 06:37 PM	#1
MarineMarty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 81	Brittle Worms? Hi All, From past experience I really hated getting pricked by bristtle worms. My question, since I am starting over is if I should even introduce them into my tank. I hate using gloves but those needles are a pain in the A@#.

08/11/2009, 06:42 PM	#2
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	You don't need them in the tank... they are a great part of the CUC though. but definitely not necessary. However you are going to have to be very careful in what you add to your tank though... You can't add live rock, you are going to have to use lace rock and let it become live. I once had a bristle worm hitchhike on a coral frag so inspect everything you add to your tank. __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

08/11/2009, 07:21 PM	#3
ERICinFL Rejisturd Mimbur Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brevard County, FL Posts: 1,346	A Coral Banded Shrimp will help keep them at bay. I get a kick out of watching mine pull the little buggers out of the rocks and munch away on them. __________________ Ummmm... yeah... don't touch the Mag Float. Sorry kids, your college fund is gone, but the tank looks SWEET right? Current Tank Info: 150gal mixed reef. ER CS135, 65gal sump/fuge with a Mag12 return. (2) Korillia 4s, (1) modded MJ1200, two SunSun 3200gph powerheads. 250+lbs LR.

08/11/2009, 08:38 PM	#5
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Maybe I'm lucky. But I've never had the pleasure of feeling the prickly bristles in over 7 years of keeping my reef. I never use gloves and often have my hands. I've probably jinxed myself now. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

08/11/2009, 09:10 PM	#7
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	Bristle worms...............I like them __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

08/11/2009, 07:24 PM	#4
MarineMarty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 81	Erincinfl, Now that sounds like my style, worm eating shrimp.

08/11/2009, 08:45 PM	#6
MarineMarty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 81	Salamander, your so lucky I have to use a ligt and magnifying glass to pull them out

08/11/2009, 09:58 PM	#8
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Now that I jinxed myself I'll be posting in a few days asking how to remove the spines. I'm just lucky like that. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

08/11/2009, 11:15 PM	#9
tat2shawn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Northeast, PA Posts: 265	Hey not on the topic, but can any one tell me what kind of fish is in ERICinFL avitar. Thanks __________________ 90 gallon oceanic tech tank, RKE, ASM G-4, 2 Vortech MP-40s 2 250W MH 15k W/ actinic, 70 gallon frag tank Current Tank Info: 90 gallon ocqanic tech tank and a 55

08/11/2009, 11:34 PM	#12
BurntOutReefer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Granada Hills Posts: 4,376	sixlines will eat them also...bristleworms are a good part of the cuc....although not when they get big though...then just unslightly

08/11/2009, 11:35 PM	#13
BurntOutReefer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Granada Hills Posts: 4,376	add the rock and put in a worm trap

08/12/2009, 07:04 AM	#14
MrHarvard "ship it" Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tampa/Westchase Posts: 2,951	I like to have them as part of my CUC....I have yet to be pricked by mine either so maybe thats why I still like them....LOL __________________ "You gon learn today!" Current Tank Info: SPS Dominant 29g BB Rimless Bio Cube lit by 2x AI Primes, IM desktop Reactor, Tunze ATO, Tunze. 9001 skimmer ........ 40g Breeder with 20g long sump/refugium. ATI 4 bulb T5s....Mixed reef stock heavy on SPS.

08/12/2009, 12:23 PM	#17
moevilla IRS Benefactor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aurora CO Posts: 387	My skunk cleaner shrimp eats the bristle worms in my tank. The worms use to readily come out looking for food, now they have gone into hiding fearing for there lives! __________________ It's never too late to become what you could have been...