Light out time for bristle worm infestation.

solar · Sep 22, 2012

Holy WORMS

I have never seen that many before i have a couple in my tank and i mean literally a couple!

Hope you get all them out best of luck!

pickupman66 · Sep 22, 2012

Thanks alot guys. Now ill have nightmares!

This may tell u how to make a trap.
http://www.carolinafishtalk.com/forum/diy-section/21934-how-build-bristle-worm-trap.html

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Giancarlo · Sep 24, 2012

How did it turn out?

ReeferBean · Sep 24, 2012

Just do a water change at 1am, why waste your time making the trap when you can just suck them out by the hundred? Where gloves though I've had my fingers swell before not realizing I had the bristles in my finger. It was nasty and took a couple weeks to heal.

I do agree they are good for the tank and reduce your feedings.

islander84 · Sep 24, 2012

I have heard this works great

ritter6788 said:
I've heard you can put a piece of shrimp in pantyhose and the worms will get tangled and trap themselves. It would take a lot of pantyhose but it might be worth a try to see how many you could catch at once and remove. I've never tried it myself though.

Devonjevon · Sep 24, 2012

I did the panty hose thing and it was literally to many to count. I lost count at around 217 and I wasn't even half done.

gmoney243 · Sep 24, 2012

put them all in a bucket and go fishing or just pile them up in an empty fish tank just to see them by the thousands lol

bknapp · Sep 24, 2012

Crazy. That's just crazy. Best of luck, you could always call the Orkin Man.

ToXIc · Sep 24, 2012

Dangit man........ Where's the pics!!!!!!!!!

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pickupman66 · Sep 24, 2012

ToXIc said:
Dangit man........ Where's the pics!!!!!!!!!

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Agreed. We want photos..... wait. Post tomorrow. Its bed time

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NanaReefer · Sep 25, 2012

Holy crap!! I didn't see that pic before I posted mine! Oh man oh man oh man....now I've got the creepers :-/

Connie · Sep 25, 2012

I have more than I want in my tank. I bought a CBS....he did nothing. Got a Sixline Wrasse...doesn't eat them. Got a Long Nosed Hawkfish. He doesn't eat them. The only thing that has helped me with them is my Skunk Cleaner Shrimp.

Why don't you stay up til they are covering the rocks a few nights a week and suck them out with turkey baster and use a trap. I tried the pantyhose trap, and it didn't work for me, but I was probably doing something wrong.

Giancarlo · Sep 25, 2012

217! I don't think I want to see a picture of that... But still so curious.

Squishie89 · Sep 25, 2012

I ended up dreaming about bristle worms in my tank. And last night I checked all over my tank with a flashlight for worms. Thank you for inducing this paranoia.

JMSKI333 · Sep 25, 2012

It sounds like the panty hose trap worked. If you do that every night for a year then you should be good. Lol

Devonjevon · Sep 26, 2012

Yeah pantyhose worked I didn't do it tonight cause well I wanted to see how many was still in there. Man this is gonna take a while. I am kinda scared to cut back my feeding to much cause I don't want a massive die out so I am gradually reducing my auto timer. Woke up at 1130 cause I programmed my radions to be all red at that time to see how many was left. Ahh man I got problem. I got problems.