Bristle worm from reef aquarium

This is a bristle worm that my friend scoops found in his reef tank. They can get massive and start eating things if you don't catch them.

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Pets & Animals

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• bristle
• worm
• bristleworm
• reef
• aquarium
• scoops
• tank

[kevinatucla]

i have a new 28 gallon salt water tank. I just bought this new live rock and when i put it in the water i saw after like 2 hours that this worm came out of the rock. It was sooooooooo weird and creepy, and then it went back into the rock again. Damn shop owner sold me a really live rock. That thing is creepy and I don't even wanna touch it, and from this clip I see that it even lives out of water.yuk!. Damit I paid 21 bucks for this rock and I might just throw it out. It gives me the creeps.

[buckthegreat]

I would let the rock sit in a bucket with untreated tap water over night, it will kill any worms, Then just re-cure the rock in a bucket with fresh saltwater then put it in your tank after its been cured. Long as your tank is well established the rock will be reseeded and be good as new with no critters.

[lgarvey]

what a crazy idea. Do not do this unless you have purchased dead base rock, in which case you don't need to zap it with FW / chlorinated water. Live rock costs money for the simple fact that it is live. Leaving it in normal tap water will mean you have wasted a lot of money for "dead rock", as nothing will survive an over night FW bath. Dumb!

[xxL0CKHARTxx]

Nothing is wrong with bristle worm unless they get out of hand. Or they are big as hell. I touch any bristle worm with bare hands and never had anything happen.

[Gtrplyr1]

Id much rather clean my tank often then have a colony of these ugly guys to do it for me...... i just got rid of one in my tank about an hour ago... Funny thing is was hoping to rid of him for two weeks, went on google and searched "how to rid of bristle worms" and as soon as i looked at my tank the little guy came crawling out, weird timing to say the least.. I'm just not a fan of these things...

[melissacarl2002]

someone said to get rid of these you have to grab them out with tweezers. YOU HAVE GoT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! I'm not touching my tank with a ten foot pole! I stay away from the room the fish tank is in. Someone please tell me what fish to buy that will kill these bastards!!!

[juicyhotmess]

ok, some people say these are harmful, some say beneficial?? so which is it? if theres two types and ones good, n ones bad, how do i tell the difference? ive been googling my ass off and all im getting is a bunch of blah blah blah and no straight answers. i just got off work im tired its pissing me off. some1 plz help.

[g18rst]

Get the best bristleworm catching advice off ebay, search for bristle worm catcher - £1.25 for the best instructions available to date.

[eggtube]

got stung by one of these bastards today

[bozzle18]

@runescapeikill but once they eat the worms they eat your fish...

[kabj06]

@kevinatucla Just get tongs and put it into a pot of boiling water. That will kill any and all worms in your rock.

[runescapeikill]

@kevinatucla get a arrow crab he will he them

[TheReef009]

arnt reefs great!! lol