Mini worm problems

[Treenk]

So I've had plenty worms in my tanks and it's normally pretty easy to catch the problems... but I have hundred of these and I used my trap last night and not a single one went for it. Yet when I feed they all come out even wall across the sand. Any ideas and what to do? They are definitely messing with my hammer.

This is how I normally catch them, but not a single one went for it.

 

[kittenbritches]

What do you put in as bait?

I had luck in the past with propping up a glass Coke bottle and putting a piece of shrimp in the bottom.

 

[Sharp]

Hi, I have to ask. I always thought these worms were not a problem. I have heaps in my tank and have never worried about them. Any particular reason you are? I'm suddenly worried thinking maybe I have to start going worm hunting!

Fergus

 

[Treenk]

I just use the normal fish food. I've only had problems a couple times. Once I got a few that were so large, they started picking off snails. but I just switched tanks to a temporary tank and I watched like 30 of them go into the hammer coral, which is now barely opening.

 

[IKD]

They look like common bristleworms. They are scavengers and not known to target living/healthy animals. I would suspect something is amiss in the tank that is driving high populations of worms and snails/coral decline. Do you have your parameters (alk, calcium, salinity, lighting..). How old is the tank? The sand looks really clean.

 

[ying yang]

Bristleworm Trap DIY

Materials: 1/8" Extruded PVC board plastic water bottle plastic craft mesh Hot glue Super Glue Rubber bands This design was inspired by a Gallery Aquatica Bristleworm video (youtube). I pretty much freewheeled the dimensions based on where the trap is going to be placed in my tank. My design...

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Try make little diy trap like this .worked for guy here .I know his bigger worms but maybe will work.
Only other ways would be coral banded shrimp or arrow crab or a wrasse that eats them.
I'm thinking 6 line wrasse but don't quote me on that

 

[Treenk]

Tank is new, but parameters are the same as the old one side from I dropped this tank to 80degrees and old one was 82(I know its high, It's what got me through a horrible dino problem) I test them daily still, it's always crazy low nutrients yet high Calc and alk. The new light is **** compared to the old one, but they are also much closer to the light(softies should have no problem). 50% of Live rock was pulled from the other tank, but the sand was not, nor the chaeto farm. I got some of those high surface area rock balls to make up for the missing live rock and did a turbo start to make sure the balls started rolling(haha unintentional pun). My only questioning factor is less food around for them. Any ideas? I had to put this tank together to save my fish due to evacuating my house.