Help with worms please!

Daniel101307 · Jul 29, 2016

Hi Everyone! I'm new here... I had a question for you guys! yesterday I moved some live rock around to clean my sons tank and this pile of worms was here this morning so my question is are they good for the tank or should I get rid of them? I tried looking it up and the closest thing I see they could be are bristle worms, but I'm a beginner and would like some advice thank you. P.S sorry for the dirty tank we went on vacation and like I said I'm in the process of cleaning thank you guys in advance

Pruett-nc · Jul 29, 2016

Looks like bristle worms to me .

KJ · Jul 29, 2016

Bristleworm is a good addition to your clean up crew but I would reduce this population , this I think is too much .Looks like something may have died in your tank maybe while you were gone on vacation.

Lionfish Lair · Jul 29, 2016

I believe I would get a net and just remove that whole pile. Who was feeding your tank while you were gone?

rebekwl · Jul 29, 2016

Holy moly that's a lot of bristle worms!!

Daniel101307 · Jul 29, 2016

My bro in law was but I don't believe anything died my son only has one clown fish and he's alive and well there was a couple slugs that I seen when we bought the live rock maybe they died? So should I just take some of them out or try to get them all?

Daniel101307 · Jul 29, 2016

rebekwl said:
Holy moly that's a lot of bristle worms!!

Lol tell me about it it scared me at first haha

rebekwl · Jul 29, 2016

Daniel101307 said:
My bro in law was but I don't believe anything died my son only has one clown fish and he's alive and well there was a couple slugs that I seen when we bought the live rock maybe they died? So should I just take some of them out or try to get them all?

They're likely eating something in the spot where they're congregating. I would net that pile out like Lionfish Lair suggested. They are good for clean up crew, but can be a nuisance in large numbers like that. I'm sure there are more hanging out in there that will remain to help you out with cleaning up.

NanaReefer · Jul 29, 2016

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Daniel101307 · Jul 30, 2016

rebekwl said:
They're likely eating something in the spot where they're congregating. I would net that pile out like Lionfish Lair suggested. They are good for clean up crew, but can be a nuisance in large numbers like that. I'm sure there are more hanging out in there that will remain to help you out with cleaning up.

Ok thank you appreciate it!