[fire604rescue]

New to all this I have found a worm looks like a centapiede. Grey 3/4 in with what looks like hundreds of spikes on its back. will get a pic as soon as possible.

[angie555]

Sounds like bristel worm. Sorry you need to try to get rid of it. GOOD LUCK

[sarha]

i have literally thousands of bristel worms and fail to see why there are a bad thing
there aireat the sand and control detritus very well i have a deep sand bed and it seems like months before i see any detritus build up

[jvharding]

Originally Posted by sarha

i have literally thousands of bristel worms and fail to see why there are a bad thing
there aireat the sand and control detritus very well i have a deep sand bed and it seems like months before i see any detritus build up

Could you show us some pictures of your worms? I have found them grazing on my corals and killed others. Your statement is true they do have a job in nature. I refuse to feed them my coral though. do you have corals? I am not picking on you sarha. I am just wondering what the circumstance's are. Maybe it's posible it's not bristle worms in your tank. Please post pic's. When do you see these worms?

[jvharding]

The Following is Qouted from:

Bad Type Bristleworms Control - Introduction

There is a picture of this worm


Primarily it is the [COLOR=#0073bf]Pherecardia[/COLOR] (Pacific), Hermodice (Caribbean), and other related species that one needs to be concerned about. These Fireworms are errant (roving) carnivores that can cause much damage in a reef tank. They bare toxic bristles on their bodies that can inflict a sting of a very painful degree, posses strong jaws for feeding, and can reproduce quite rapidly.

Also because of the confuson in some threads I am also posting this link:

Microscopy-UK Micscape Microscopy and Microscopes Magazine

[sarha]

there out and about most of the day i have a few corals mosly form the subclass octocorallia, blue ridge, kenya tree greenstar polups a zooanthid zenia's and several anemones they haven't seemed to mess with them but if and when they do there will be a holocost on the buggers the thing is witha pleniumsystem whitha sand bed of 6 inches or better i don't know how i would get rid of them i gueas a goat fish would probaly do the trick. what corals have you lost to them? i send pics shortly.

[sarha]

PS i would never think you are picking on me i throughly enjoy the debate and through the debate answers and enlightenment are found i would never claim to know all the ansers and if i did i wouldn't need reefbuilders right so please continue "picking" on me!

[jvharding]

I think that this forum is great but that sometimes things maybe read wrong or taken personally I enjoy reading your comments anyway back to the debate. I have a dragon wrasse in my tank that loves these critters. Yeah thats right a dragon wrasse. What an interesting fish to have in your reef. Please be sure to know what you are getting into if you add this fish to your tank. These can wreak havoc. Great for FOWLR But my dragon will be finding new home soon!

[sarha]

he is gorgous though he needs a tank all to himself how long have you had him?

[jvharding]

I have had him a couple months. They are not kidding when they say these fish are rock movers. He is strong and turns plenty of rocks upside down looking for worms. Really cool fish. This is not a reef safe fish!

[boombadan]

i have a worm in my tank... It is pink with white spikes abought a 1/2 an inch long. Can anyone tell me if its good or bad?... If i see it ill try to get a picture. Iv accully seen it craw up my cabage coral but did not see it eat anything.... It hitchhiked one of my rocks i think.

[Krazy]

Originally Posted by boombadan

i have a worm in my tank... It is pink with white spikes abought a 1/2 an inch long. Can anyone tell me if its good or bad?... If i see it ill try to get a picture. Iv accully seen it craw up my cabage coral but did not see it eat anything.... It hitchhiked one of my rocks i think.

Sounds like a bristleworm

[boombadan]

Will it harm anything or should i get rid of it?