Barry the 4ft bristle worm.

[yikai]

make sure ur bristle/bobbit worms dun grow to this size!

for ur reading pleasure

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...coral-reef.html

[albinosage]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa... That's the stuff nightmares are made of!

[Fuzzy]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa... That's the stuff nightmares are made of!

Whoah the worm was big enough to get its own tank...power.

[yikai]

yea tong. better get ur bobbit out

u see the pic of the worm...freaking big. and so thick! and it ATE UP ALL THE HOOKS THAT WERE USED TO CATCH IT! omg lol

[Firestarter]

I read an article before on somebody else's tank some time ago. His zoos were being eaten up every night and the culprit was also a 4ft long bristleworm. But not as thick as Barry.

[angelfishlover]

That day while i was stripping down my tank due to crashing as too much tangs died in there and washed my LRs with water and 3 worms died when i put the rocks in the pail which freaks me out.

[zorden]

[iskay]

Lucky worm. in its own display tank now. fed with fish. no need to scavenge. Can probably be hand fed after some training.

[cdckjn]

I have a small question.

I do have several small ones, that hides under the rocks, so that appears when I move the rocks. the bigger ones sometimes sticks their heads out. I tried catching the smaller ones and try throwing it into the anemones. Even the aneomes does not eat them when they are alive. I wonder what livestock can eat these brittleworms?

[iskay]

I have a small question.

I do have several small ones, that hides under the rocks, so that appears when I move the rocks. the bigger ones sometimes sticks their heads out. I tried catching the smaller ones and try throwing it into the anemones. Even the aneomes does not eat them when they are alive. I wonder what livestock can eat these brittleworms?

This is a hit/miss matter. natural predators found in the trade are coral banded shrimp, arrow crab, or bi-color pseudochromis. One solution that quite effective is to put the live rock where the worm is hiding in in low salinity or fresh water tub, swish the tub around for a minute or 2, those critters will be crawling out in no time.

[mopiko]

This is a hit/miss matter. natural predators found in the trade are coral banded shrimp, arrow crab, or bi-color pseudochromis. One solution that quite effective is to put the live rock where the worm is hiding in in low salinity or fresh water tub, swish the tub around for a minute or 2, those critters will be crawling out in no time.

my banggai eat the small ones found the worm hanging from there mouth a few times. now doing hypo and all the worms are dead too.

[cdckjn]

I know that the fastest way to kill them is to soak the live rock in tap water. But there means to have to move all the rocks - rescape the tank. What I want is a natural way to keep these worms in check without need to remove rocks and such. The coral band shrimp does not eat big ones, the bi-color also not very effective, so the best way is occassionally rescape and then soak live rocks in water to get rid of excess worms!

my banggai eat the small ones found the worm hanging from there mouth a few times. now doing hypo and all the worms are dead too.

[yikai]

i no worms but alot of big crabs T_T and rescaping a 3ft tank that is on top of a cabinet is soo hard and backbreaing! no palce to keep coral and stuff also. sian. hav to ive with the crabs. or catch them 1 by 1 when i have the chance to trap!

[iskay]

i no worms but alot of big crabs T_T and rescaping a 3ft tank that is on top of a cabinet is soo hard and backbreaing! no palce to keep coral and stuff also. sian. hav to ive with the crabs. or catch them 1 by 1 when i have the chance to trap!

Crabs nemesis - Mantis Shrimp. LOL

[Thexder]

How about trigger fishes? I thought they eat crabs too.

[iskay]

more crab eaters.

Octopi are good crab hunters.

Harlequin Tusk - May not be reef-friendly.

Triggerfishes are not reef-friendly.

[Thexder]

more crab eaters.

Octopi are good crab hunters.

Harlequin Tusk - May not be reef-friendly.

Triggerfishes are not reef-friendly.

Conclusion: Anything that eats crabs is not reef friendly... including the mantis shrimp.