ID please some type of worm

What can i get to keep these in in control? I really don't want a huge worm in the tank, from what I have seen in video's on youtube some people say its called a fireworm and they eat anything they can get when big.

 

The best way to control their population is to control how much you feed. Meaning don't over feed. Bristle worm population is proportionate to available food.

 

if you really dont like them there are traps you can buy, and you could also make your own. Ive heard varying stories on how successful the traps actually are though. if your tank is big enough you could get a melanurus wrasse (i havent seen a single bristle worm since i got mine) or any other of the fish or shrimps others recommended

 

Bristle worms and Fire worms are one and the same.

I have had a marine tank since 1986-87. In all these years I have never had a bristle worm do more than clean up after another animal that was already dead.

These images are of my current tank, the worm in the image is a bristle worm that lives in the same burrow as the goby and pistol shrimp. This image is 2 years old and I still have the same worm.

You are going to have a few bristle worms it goes with the hobby. To keep their numbers in check do not over feed. If you have an issue you can get an arrow crab that will happily eat your bristle worms. Which is fine, but the arrow crab will grow large and become a pain and unmanageable. Wrasses will eat small bristle worms.

The worms are a great part of the CUC, it's very unfortunate to me that there is so much miss information and myths surrounding them. Yes there are bad worms like Euclids, but the vast majority of bristle worms are harmless beneficial members of a healthy tank.

 

Thanks for all the help, I put them in the tank so we will see how they do. I think there looks scare a lot of people into thinking there bad (me included).

 

god that thing creeps me out being beneficial or not!

 

lol Guess I am just a true tomboy/ want to be biologist at heart. What until you find a polyclad worm.

 

i feel like i had one on my glass about a month ago, was prob 1" long? i only saw him that one time and have not seen him since, its just when i google those worms they are pretty, mine was a bland white color and had two spikes that looked like doggie ears, also looks like a stomatella without a shell