Hair worms

Any suggestions on getting rid of them?

 

Can you be more specific about what type of worm.

Bristleworm?

Please look at the link below it may help your with the ID.

Worm Hitch Hikers

 

Wow! just looked over all that link... think I will be wearing gloves while working in the tank for a while .

 

A lot of Terebellidae and a few Spionid. And of course there are some bristleworms, but they don't seem to bother anybody.
I'm just concerend the hair and spaghetti worms may irritate some corals.

 

ctate, they have never been an issue for me.

 

They should not be a problem. They have not been for me.

 

I dont have any worms in my tank at all. Maybe my live rock is defective .

 

Thanks all! Good to know.

 

Worms can usually be driven out via hypersalinity dips, but I'm guessing your tank is stocked, and the worms are in the substrate.

You can also kill them with fenbendazole, but then your tank won't support inverts, as it will leach into your LR and substrate.

Best bets are manual removal, or a worm-eating fish (many wrasses will do this, but the drawback is that they're diurnal, and most worms are nocturnal).

 

They are probably there somewhere. I have several (large ones too) that I haven't see for weeks.