Bristle Worm!

[BeakerBob]

An invert forum....alright! Here some shots of my bristle worms.

 

[vetteman]

DUNE.........Tremors..original,2,3,4

 

[youngtimothy]

those are sweet pics Bob, and the last one OUCH!!

 

[SaraB]

Cool pics Bob!

 

[Poseidon]

Those are great! I never looked so close at the little guys... Guess I need to now.

 

[Viva'sReef]

that sucker is huge, nice pics!!! I have one in my tank also and its scary huge too lol. Not sure but im convinced it ate my high fin goby a while back

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Awesome shots of ur little worms.

Glad I havent ever been stuck by one

 

[Ian]

I found some BIG guys in my tank. I feel safer without them... they got flushed...

 

[Pianoman]

What eats them? Those things creep me out...!...!

 

[acronautical]

Big, mean dottybacks (pseudochromis species) will eat even large bristleworms.

 

[Ladipyg]

Hong Kong wrasses are known to eat them too....I haven't seen a single bristle worm in my tank since I got him.

 

[Saltysteele]

lol

i had a rockslide two nights ago, and while fixing it, one of the B******s got me! i never saw the worm, just started to pick up a rock and felt something prick me, kind of. it wasn't me getting stung, just me pushing those friggin bristles in ever further

the pad of my middle finger was totally covered, and up the inside edge, as well as an edge on my ringer and pointing finger. Dang! i hate that!! my middle finger feels twice the normal size (is not swollen, except a spot on the side), and kind of throbs in a pins and needles sort of way

regardless of the discomfort from my bristleninjaworms, they're one heckova a free cleanup crew! :haha:

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Very cool!

 

[Saltysteele]

anyone know how to get the bristles out? i thought about getting a some duct tape, but didn't want it to just bend them over and break them off. plus, didn't know of any chemicals that might have gotten in the system, as i still had to do more work in there

 

[Gimili the Great]

arrow crabs are good eaters of the worm from hell, also there are a few wrasses out there that will eradicate them also

 

[Viva'sReef]

I've heard of soaking in vinigar....not sure what it does to the bristles, but it seems to clean/dissolve most things SW aquarium related LOL.

So Bob, any info on the size of your Worm? hahha sounds kind of perverted but I'm talking about your bristleworm FYI

 

[Saltysteele]

awesome pix, btw, bob

 

[dbarker]

Try scraping the edge of a credit card over the spot on your finger to remove the bristles. Yes, I know that sounds stupid!! BUT, scraping the hard edge over the stinger pulls the stinger out without releasing move toxin into the body. It might work the same for bristles. Debbie

 

[reef-lover]

for those zoa and paly collectors that don't know, bristleworms are excellent eradicators of
zoanthid eating nudibranches.

 

[BeakerBob]

This guy is about 8" when out searching for food. I have a number of them in the tank but they don't bother me unless I grab the bottom of a rock without making sure they are not hiding under it.