Holy pests Batman
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tehmadreefer
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Pods and bristle worm, all good stuff…
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Pods and a bristle worm! Pods are a good sign! Bristle worms eat left over food, detritus etc! Some like them some don’t. I leave them in for natural food for the wrasse!
Soren
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The shrimp-like creatures look like gammarid amphipods. These are good clean-up crew and fish food.
The red worm looks like a bristleworm. These are good clean-up crew, but they can reach very high populations in over-fed systems, can grow to be quite large, and have bristles that cause a painful rash if you touch them.
The red worm looks like a bristleworm. These are good clean-up crew, but they can reach very high populations in over-fed systems, can grow to be quite large, and have bristles that cause a painful rash if you touch them.
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Those are amphipods, not copepods. If there's no fish to eat them, they can multiply out of control and annoy corals, and they'll eat corals that are already sick and stressed. Good fish food, though, and detritivores.
Bristleworms are beneficial detritivores. They won't overpopulate unless you way overfeed. The bristles are unpleasant, but you shouldn't be grabbing your rockwork with your bare hands anyway, sharp edges with bacteria on them are a way bigger concern than bristleworms.
In short, no pests, just critters.
Bristleworms are beneficial detritivores. They won't overpopulate unless you way overfeed. The bristles are unpleasant, but you shouldn't be grabbing your rockwork with your bare hands anyway, sharp edges with bacteria on them are a way bigger concern than bristleworms.
In short, no pests, just critters.
