bristle worm trap
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wowkingjames
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Why don't you buy a wrasse.
do you know a girl? 
Most girls have panty hose - many times a pair may have a run they'd gladly give you. You may get an odd look lol
Most girls have panty hose - many times a pair may have a run they'd gladly give you. You may get an odd look lol
jweed9379
Active Member
My wife doesnt have any at the moment...lol shes a bit of a country girl so dresses and panty hose arent really her cup of tea so to speak...i made a trap with a bottle and put some fresh scallops that i cut up in there...if that doesnt work im gonna try shrimp
good luck!
tom39
Active Member
This is how I have caught bristle worms in the past.
First, do not feed for 3 days. You want the worms to be hungry enough to be willing to leave the safety of their holes to get to the food inside the trap.
To build the trap, I start with a small storage container with a lid. (Dollar store reusable snank cups) then cut 1.5" sits in an X-pattern around the perimeter of the container. (Like the hole in the lid of a drink cup in which you would push a drink straw through.) You want to stagger the holes and place them about 2" apart.
Then press the center of the X inward to create a small opening large enough for a bristle worm to enter but nothing else. (If you have snails they will want to get to the food also.)
Inside the container, place a piece of raw seafood loosely wrapped in aquarium filter floss or fiber fill used in quilting. Place rubble in the container for weight to hold the trap to the bottom and place in tank.
The bristle worms will crawl through the X-pattern slits and towards the food. When they crawl into the filter floss they get entangled and cannot get free.
I used this method on many tanks belonging to me and others and have gotten great results.
On 1 tank I caught over 50 in 1 night.
To harvest, simply remove the floss and toss in the trash.
HIH,
Tom G
First, do not feed for 3 days. You want the worms to be hungry enough to be willing to leave the safety of their holes to get to the food inside the trap.
To build the trap, I start with a small storage container with a lid. (Dollar store reusable snank cups) then cut 1.5" sits in an X-pattern around the perimeter of the container. (Like the hole in the lid of a drink cup in which you would push a drink straw through.) You want to stagger the holes and place them about 2" apart.
Then press the center of the X inward to create a small opening large enough for a bristle worm to enter but nothing else. (If you have snails they will want to get to the food also.)
Inside the container, place a piece of raw seafood loosely wrapped in aquarium filter floss or fiber fill used in quilting. Place rubble in the container for weight to hold the trap to the bottom and place in tank.
The bristle worms will crawl through the X-pattern slits and towards the food. When they crawl into the filter floss they get entangled and cannot get free.
I used this method on many tanks belonging to me and others and have gotten great results.
On 1 tank I caught over 50 in 1 night.
To harvest, simply remove the floss and toss in the trash.
HIH,
Tom G
KaneH
Community Member
My wife gave me a wierd look when I asked her if I could use some pantyhose. Lol. I'm going to try this trap to see what I can catch. I only have the little purple ones. I plan on a wrasse soon, too. I want to put a DIY screen lid on first.
