Yet another Bristle worm inquiry

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by Scubagator87, Mar 19, 2009.

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  1. 10acrewoods

    10acrewoods Fire Goby

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    I grab them but it is not ouch but the next 3 days my hand itches and swells
     
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  3. SAW39

    SAW39 Ritteri Anemone

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    Scubagator,
    If you think you have alot of bristleworms, and you have no plans on having a species-only bristleworm tank, then you should probably just remove some of them.
    I have one, and he's a monster -- more than 15 inches. But it doesn't bother me, I think he's kind of cool, and I haven't seen him attack my anemone or anything else. But if I had 3 or 4 like him, I'd consider removing half of them.
     
  4. SAW39

    SAW39 Ritteri Anemone

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    Postscript: My monster bristleworm is dead. I found his head floating around when I was changing the water. I'm going to guess that my new hermit crab ate him. Guess I don't need to feed the hermit for a couple of days!
     
  5. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Floating worm heads...how disturbing :D
     
  6. SAW39

    SAW39 Ritteri Anemone

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    Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, Yum!
     
  7. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    We've seen our sixline wrasse carting bristleworms around in his mouth....and body parts floating in the tank (ugh). Since we got the sixline, I think I've seen one bristleworm.