Bobbit worm removal?

[Viva'sReef]

Here is a link for my bobbit worm. Watch to the right of the crab under the shrimp.

whoa, this looks predatory what ever it is. Gives me a bobbit kind of vibe like it could bobbit your **** right off if it wanted too. I think the Og post is a bristleworm.

 

[leewish]

wow that thong is fast. still there??

Yes and no. I pulled the rock from my display and tossed it into a newly established frag tank. So it’s technically still in the rock and haven’t seen it again.

 

[CK00020]

The last pic I had is a bristle, but I believe the other 2 worms I saw last night are some type of eunice worm

 

[CK00020]

I’m getting bored with trying to catch this thing, can I take the rock out and squirt peroxide over the areas that I think the worms are?

 

[CK00020]

Or any other faster ideas, the trap doesn’t work
It’s almost napalm time

 

[king aiptasia]

Or any other faster ideas, the trap doesn’t work
It’s almost napalm time

if the traps aren't working with fresh meaty morsels i have a hard time believing it would be a voracious predator. fresh water dip for a minuite or two is a last resort, a lot of marine animals get very active from the osmotic shock I do not recommend this though for a few reasons

 

[CK00020]

What are the reasons, also what about spot treating with peroxide

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

What are the reasons, also what about spot treating with peroxide

I don’t know if peroxide would kill it. I’d pull the rock and FW dip it. Usually kills everything

 

[CK00020]

I think I’ll do a high salinity dip again then a fw, maybe save some of the stars

 

[Foothill Corals]

Try club soda

 

[king aiptasia]

What are the reasons, also what about spot treating with peroxide

it kills almost everything on the rocks that are endemic to saltwater, the bacteria, worms, microbes, everything endemic and when you put it back it will release nutrients into the water as all the corpses rot away, and if the worm dies in there without crawling out, and he is big it might cause blooms or worse if you do no have enough scavengers in the tank

 

[king aiptasia]

peroxide is also fatal to a lot of life forms with direct contact due to its strong oxidizing nature and should be used only when necessary

 

[king aiptasia]

I do think its worth considering leaving it for the time being, you have lost no livestock to the animal, and it may not even be an active predator. This is your largest piece of rock, to kill the whole thing over one little worm, why even buy live rock in the first place?

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Bobbits deserve the nuclear option in my opinion. That being said, if you know what hole it lives in, super glue it closed. I’ve killed many a worm that way.

 

[atlantean]

Do wrasses (like a sixline) eat small ones? I have one (definitely a bobbit) in my KP rock whose head is about the size of a pencil tip.

 

[atlantean]

I haven’t seen any since adding my Orchid Dotty.