What’s this centipede found in sump

[TankLife87]

What is this. Is it good for my sump?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Bristle worm. Good cuc.
I pull out the really big ones though.

 

[Labridaedicted]

Bristle worm. Good cuc.
I pull out the really big ones though.

This ^^^^^^^

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Don’t touch them barehanded

 

[Cthulukelele]

Bristle worm. Good cuc.
I pull out the really big ones though.

Why do you pull out the really big ones? Do they get to become a problem if they get really big?

 

[Coralreefer1]

In your sump they are fine. If you have a large population of them, you are over feeding. What better place than to have them in your sump. You probably have some in your live rock in your main tank as well.

 

[TankLife87]

Will fish eat them if they get out of control?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Will fish eat them if they get out of control?

Certain fish will eat them--especially some commonly kept wrasses, but many fish won't touch them no matter how many you have.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Why do you pull out the really big ones? Do they get to become a problem if they get really big?

Do they are creepy as crap when they get that big!

 

[Cthulukelele]

Do they are creepy as crap when they get that big!

On that we can agree

 

[cracker]

all these marine worms are creepy cool !

 

[Cthulukelele]

all these marine worms are creepy cool !

The day I find a bobbit worm in a tank is the day I start putting on chainmail before i put my hands in the tank lol. Those things gave me nightmares after I googled them out of curiosity.

 

[arabianmagicat]

I'm terrified of centipedes, so bristle worms creep me out. Oh god. I'm scared to google a bobbit worm..

 

[Idoc]

Don’t touch them barehanded

Oh, I learned the hard way! Picked up a coral frag plug with one wrapped around the bottom peg!

 

[arabianmagicat]

I'm terrified of centipedes, so bristle worms creep me out. Oh god. I'm scared to google a bobbit worm..

I have live rock for a tank I'm getting ready, and these guys have got to go forreal.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I have live rock for a tank I'm getting ready, and these guys have got to go forreal.

Get a halichoeres genus wrasse and it'll at least dent the population. Good looking fish too

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

You can make or buy a bristleworm trap

 

[cracker]

You know somewhere in the dark depths of the sea there is a giant one !

 

[arabianmagicat]

Get a halichoeres genus wrasse and it'll at least dent the population. Good looking fish too

I would, but I have tube worms too, and need something that's reef friendly.. I'm gonna have to do the bristle worm traps before I move that live rock..