Bristle Worms (0/1)

On Dec 31, 8:57*am, wrote:
I have an issue with FREE live rock that contained a FEW bristle
worms. *It started out innocently enough with a few worms, now the
situation is a little out of control. *I added a large aero crab,
which you can see in the pictures has now become the prey. *I will be
making up some traps and get rid of as many in the future.

All new rock will now be sanitzed from the pet store and only
purchased from reputible places.

In the mean time are there any other Ideas out there on removeal of
these worms??

Roy

Traps. work fine,so do long tweezers..the worms really are not that
much of a problem, and they are good scavengers. They will in time
adjust their population to account for wastes in yur tank that they
feed on......Personally I would l;et em be........Sanitizing new rock
only kills off other much desireable hitch hikers., so in thel ong run
you are being counter productive on what may be very desireable
critters in and on your live rock.......Short of man made rock bristle
worms are a fact of life..Its the fact the bristle worms are not cute
and such that makes them suffer at the hands of those that think they
kill and eat everything they can get their so called teeth into but
even for a lot of huge brist5kle worms they co exist just fine with
most every typical tank inhabitant...try cutting back on the amount or
the times you feed, and in due time the populaton will adjust to suit
the availablity of what can be supported by what waste is in the
tank........

This message Wayne Sallee free!