Worms found in Tank

[tsimaskillz]

What should I do, I found some worms when I lifted the rock, it had my shrimp and they were dead. Are they bad to have in the tank? Here is a pic

 

[Crabs McJones]

Look like normal bristleworms to me. Great clean up crew members. Eat mainly detritus and leftover food.

 

[tsimaskillz]

So keep them in and its normal, the shrimp to get attacked?

 

[Crabs McJones]

So keep them in and its normal, the shrimp to get attacked?

If they got your shrimp, chances are it was already dead from another issue. No way bristleworms attack and kill a healthy shrimp. Is it actually your shrimp or just a molt?

 

[tsimaskillz]

it was both of my shrimp, fire and cleaner, they were just added yesterday and they died over night

 

[tsimaskillz]

Water and nitrates were tested great

 

[Crabs McJones]

What about snails or other inverts are they doing ok?

 

[tsimaskillz]

yes so far they are all doing well, just that rock had an infestation of the worm

 

[Crabs McJones]

Anything else in the tank that could have attacked the shrimp? As mentioned above, it'd be extremely rare for bristleworms to kill one shrimp, the fact that both are dead means there is something else going on in your tank.

 

[tsimaskillz]

I have a goby and some clowns

 

[tsimaskillz]

I dont think anything else is going on in tank, I will check around now but they were all under the rock where the worms were at, not moving around at all.