OH Gawd its awful, ugly, creepy, cover your childrens eyes!!

rcmania · 12/22/2011, 10:31 PM

i just pulled this thing out of my tank!!!

fire and bristle, im torn between the two. some pictures look like bristle then one looks like fire.

JT3069 · 12/22/2011, 10:36 PM

nice!!!!

rcmania · 12/22/2011, 10:42 PM

part of me says flush it but the other half says put him in the refuge. im leaning more to it being a bristle worm

blennielove · 12/22/2011, 10:42 PM

I know it's very ugly, but as long as he is in your refugium he is helping you stir that sand and clean up the detritus that gets trapped in there. You might not believe it, but when I had to do hypo on my DT, I actually went around and tried to save as many of them uglies as possible.

sporto0 · 12/22/2011, 11:11 PM

Dude, let him live, they are model citizens.

aleonn · 12/23/2011, 01:09 AM

They're ugly, but effective at what they do

SoLiD · 12/23/2011, 01:25 AM

Fire worms are horrible in the DT. I'd leave it in if it was a normal bristle worm, but that guy would have to come out of my tank.

Dustin1300 · 12/23/2011, 08:03 AM

Keep him in the fuge. I'd guess if he made it to the DT he'd be in thousands of pieces from the impeller on the return pump and that would not be a worry

sponger0 · 12/23/2011, 08:07 AM

Pet him. Hug him. Love him

ryan_ · 12/23/2011, 08:14 AM

It's a bristle worm. Throw it back in. It's good for your tank. Unless you like nitrates.

thebkramer · 12/23/2011, 08:24 AM

I say its a regular bristleworm.. fireworms can be tough to distinguish without seeing its mouth and head..
I'm with ryan

SoLiD · 12/23/2011, 12:56 PM

OK Newbies... That's a fireworm. Read a book or an article or two before you give misinformation. Such as bristleworms lowering nitrates. That's not even close to being a true statement. I've searched and searched for something to make it easy for everyone to understand why it is a "Fireworm".Here you go.

http://youtu.be/C_KbY2-hV_4

Banish him to the sump\refugium.

Markenzo · 12/23/2011, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcmania

i just pulled this thing out of my tank!!!

fire and bristle, im torn between the two. some pictures look like bristle then one looks like fire.

thats a bristleworm and i had a beautiful starfish which it wripped to shreds!!!

SoLiD · 12/23/2011, 01:40 PM

http://www.reefcentral.com/

Reef Central will not let me post this page.

SoLiD · 12/23/2011, 01:42 PM

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html

evilfrog · 12/23/2011, 01:42 PM

thats a fireworm that WILL eat coral you should toss him

kingfisher62 · 12/23/2011, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcmania

i just pulled this thing out of my tank!!!

Are you giving us the finger!

anderson0196 · 12/23/2011, 01:53 PM

I would agree that if there is doubt I would err on the side of caution and get rid of it....but I'm curious what others are seeing that make them certain this is a fireworm? Looks like a bristle to me....

rcmania · 12/23/2011, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingfisher62

Are you giving us the finger!

lol, no. i had my finger in there to show size. it is my index finger but it does look like the ole 1 finger salute.

rcmania · 12/23/2011, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoLiD

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html

this is the site i was on last night. I gotta tell ya one of my pictures looks like this fireworm. which its is the one that is zoomed in while its on the rock.
this is the fireworm from that site.

rcmania · 12/23/2011, 02:04 PM

also on a side note, i did toss it.

12/22/2011, 10:31 PM	#1
rcmania Im So Confused! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 439	OH Gawd its awful, ugly, creepy, cover your childrens eyes!! i just pulled this thing out of my tank!!! fire and bristle, im torn between the two. some pictures look like bristle then one looks like fire. __________________ Roll Tide! Current Tank Info: 220G Tall DSB SPS DT/3 Sol Blue/ 75 Gallon Sump in basement with Reeflo return/ 2 Mp40W/ Profilux Controller. 65G QT

12/22/2011, 10:36 PM	#2
JT3069 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: alabama Posts: 483	nice!!!! __________________ (-_-) Current Tank Info: 90gal,diy 6x54w, apex jr,diy stand and canopy, cal reactor,

12/22/2011, 10:42 PM	#3
rcmania Im So Confused! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 439	part of me says flush it but the other half says put him in the refuge. im leaning more to it being a bristle worm __________________ Roll Tide! Current Tank Info: 220G Tall DSB SPS DT/3 Sol Blue/ 75 Gallon Sump in basement with Reeflo return/ 2 Mp40W/ Profilux Controller. 65G QT

12/23/2011, 01:25 AM	#7
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	Fire worms are horrible in the DT. I'd leave it in if it was a normal bristle worm, but that guy would have to come out of my tank. __________________ -David 40 Gallon Breeder on Steroids!!! Current Tank Info: Where you'll find an Acan and Orange Ricordea Garden in Bloom...

12/23/2011, 08:03 AM	#8
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	Keep him in the fuge. I'd guess if he made it to the DT he'd be in thousands of pieces from the impeller on the return pump and that would not be a worry __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

12/22/2011, 10:42 PM	#4
blennielove Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: United States Posts: 325	I know it's very ugly, but as long as he is in your refugium he is helping you stir that sand and clean up the detritus that gets trapped in there. You might not believe it, but when I had to do hypo on my DT, I actually went around and tried to save as many of them uglies as possible.

12/22/2011, 11:11 PM	#5
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	Dude, let him live, they are model citizens.

12/23/2011, 01:09 AM	#6
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	They're ugly, but effective at what they do

12/23/2011, 08:07 AM	#9
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Pet him. Hug him. Love him

12/23/2011, 08:14 AM	#10
ryan_ Yeah...Don't touch that. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Elma, NY Posts: 452	It's a bristle worm. Throw it back in. It's good for your tank. Unless you like nitrates. __________________ All the places I've been and things I've seen. A million stories that made up, a million shattered dreams. The faces of people Ill never see again and I cant seem to find my way home. "5fdp" RIP SFC Hall, SGT Forest, CPL Pautsch.I will never forget you guys!

12/23/2011, 08:24 AM	#11
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	I say its a regular bristleworm.. fireworms can be tough to distinguish without seeing its mouth and head.. I'm with ryan __________________ Rhonda There is NO such things as Dumb Questions!! There are However.. Dumb Answers!!! ;) ____________ Current Tank Info: 55g reef....Current Orbit SunPaq Lights, HOB Eshopps, HOB AquaClear 110, 2-1400 Koralia Powerheads & 1 Nano Koralia, 40+ lbs LR, 2" LS

12/23/2011, 12:56 PM	#12
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	OK Newbies... That's a fireworm. Read a book or an article or two before you give misinformation. Such as bristleworms lowering nitrates. That's not even close to being a true statement. I've searched and searched for something to make it easy for everyone to understand why it is a "Fireworm".Here you go. http://youtu.be/C_KbY2-hV_4 Banish him to the sump\refugium. __________________ -David 40 Gallon Breeder on Steroids!!! Current Tank Info: Where you'll find an Acan and Orange Ricordea Garden in Bloom... Last edited by SoLiD; 12/23/2011 at 01:02 PM.

12/23/2011, 01:40 PM	#14
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	http://www.reefcentral.com/ Reef Central will not let me post this page. __________________ -David 40 Gallon Breeder on Steroids!!! Current Tank Info: Where you'll find an Acan and Orange Ricordea Garden in Bloom... Last edited by SoLiD; 12/23/2011 at 01:50 PM.

12/23/2011, 01:42 PM	#15
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html __________________ -David 40 Gallon Breeder on Steroids!!! Current Tank Info: Where you'll find an Acan and Orange Ricordea Garden in Bloom...

12/23/2011, 01:42 PM	#16
evilfrog Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: clearwater,FL Posts: 51	thats a fireworm that WILL eat coral you should toss him

12/23/2011, 01:53 PM	#18
anderson0196 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 318	I would agree that if there is doubt I would err on the side of caution and get rid of it....but I'm curious what others are seeing that make them certain this is a fireworm? Looks like a bristle to me.... __________________ Jim 45G Custom Cube ~ BM NAC6 ~ 2x Tunze 6025 ~ Eheim 1250 return ~ EShopps 10G sump ~ Neptune Apex ~ BRS Reactor ~ Reef Fanatic ATO

12/23/2011, 02:04 PM	#21
rcmania Im So Confused! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 439	also on a side note, i did toss it. __________________ Roll Tide! Current Tank Info: 220G Tall DSB SPS DT/3 Sol Blue/ 75 Gallon Sump in basement with Reeflo return/ 2 Mp40W/ Profilux Controller. 65G QT

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