Bristle worm

Hey,

I have been trying to catch a destructive bristle worm in my tank for
quite a while now, and I just caught a half of him! (he is AFAIK about
12 inches...all I have seen of him). My question is: With only catching
a half of it, will it regenerate as a shorter worm, or will the rest of
it decay inside the rock? Should I be expecting jumps in levels? Any
help appreciated!

S.
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get a arrow crab I have one and now I have no Bristle worms at all!

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"Steve" wrote in message
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Hey,

I have been trying to catch a destructive bristle worm in my tank for
quite a while now, and I just caught a half of him! (he is AFAIK about 12
inches...all I have seen of him). My question is: With only catching a
half of it, will it regenerate as a shorter worm, or will the rest of it
decay inside the rock? Should I be expecting jumps in levels? Any help
appreciated!

S.
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-- GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.

My question to you is what is the worm doing that is so destructive?
Most bristle worms are scavengers and do a great job of keeping your
tank clean. I have found some over 2 feet long in my reefs and I leave
them in.

Kim


Steve wrote:
Hey,

I have been trying to catch a destructive bristle worm in my tank
for quite a while now, and I just caught a half of him! (he is AFAIK
about 12 inches...all I have seen of him). My question is: With only
catching a half of it, will it regenerate as a shorter worm, or will the
rest of it decay inside the rock? Should I be expecting jumps in
levels? Any help appreciated!

S.

"kim gross" wrote in
message ...
| My question to you is what is the worm doing that is so
destructive?
| Most bristle worms are scavengers and do a great job of keeping
your
| tank clean. I have found some over 2 feet long in my reefs and I
leave
| them in.


Bristle worms that large *do* tend to get destructive, though not all
the time. Once reaching these sizes, they can start munching on
corals.

kim gross wrote:
My question to you is what is the worm doing that is so destructive?
Most bristle worms are scavengers and do a great job of keeping your
tank clean. I have found some over 2 feet long in my reefs and I leave
them in.

Kim

snip
Hey,

I have caught him on a number of occasions pulling (or rather, trying)
tenticles of my Hammer Coral into his lair, and he really freaks out my
brain coral on an almost hourly basis. He has picked at various polyps
on occasion as well, which may explain the bottom part of my rock being
cleared out. On that one, it is either the bristle worm, or a predatory
crab that I am trying to catch (snail eater this one...).
I do have other bristle worms in there that are smaller, and I don't
want to touch those as they are really good cleaners. This guy was/is
to, until he got caught!

S.

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same here they eat my hammers and tend to clip the tank of what they want!

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"Steve" wrote in message
...
kim gross wrote:
My question to you is what is the worm doing that is so destructive? Most
bristle worms are scavengers and do a great job of keeping your tank
clean. I have found some over 2 feet long in my reefs and I leave them
in.

Kim

snip
Hey,

I have caught him on a number of occasions pulling (or rather, trying)
tenticles of my Hammer Coral into his lair, and he really freaks out my
brain coral on an almost hourly basis. He has picked at various polyps on
occasion as well, which may explain the bottom part of my rock being
cleared out. On that one, it is either the bristle worm, or a predatory
crab that I am trying to catch (snail eater this one...).
I do have other bristle worms in there that are smaller, and I don't want
to touch those as they are really good cleaners. This guy was/is to,
until he got caught!

S.

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-- GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.

Rich R wrote:
same here they eat my hammers and tend to clip the tank of what they want!


Yep, I hear you! There are lot's of good ideas here for getting rid of
a predatory Bristle worm, but my original question has not been
answered! I managed to 'clip' half of the Bristleworm, will he
regenerate and come back, or will the rest of him die in the rock?

S.

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-- GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, it will most
likely regenerate.


"Steve" wrote in message
...
Rich R wrote:
same here they eat my hammers and tend to clip the tank of what they
want!


Yep, I hear you! There are lot's of good ideas here for getting rid of a
predatory Bristle worm, but my original question has not been answered! I
managed to 'clip' half of the Bristleworm, will he regenerate and come
back, or will the rest of him die in the rock?

S.

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-- GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.