Bristleworms

What do u guys think best way to get numbers down ? I have tried trapping with no luck ! I bought a sixline and havent seen as many out until tonight i moved some rock and found oudles of fairly big ones probably breeding ! I seen one as big as my pinky the other day no idea how long he is ! Should i just give sixline time or take other action towards this issue !

if they are that big take them out with a tweezer or something ..Dont touch them with your hands tho.

I had a spotfin dottyback once and it was a bristleworm eating full.

it is hard to get them when my tank so deep maybe i will look into spotfin

Ok my sixline and coral bandit have got all my small worms from what i can see when i feed but i have some huge ones who are to fast for me to grab ! Any cheap ideas for traps 4 bigger ones ? Is it needed to get them out it seems controversial some say they are benificial some say they eat coral slowly ! which is right !

There are DIY traps to make with small bottles. I have a big one in my 29g biocube. Mostly I have a live and let live philosophy. I have some small ones too, they don't seem to do any harm. I have zoa's and mushrooms and I cannot detect any thing missing arms and legs.

The traps didn't work for me. I ended up waiting until they were out enough to grab with a tweezers.

I think it is sps they are talking about when they refer to them eating tissue and they are big and nasty and my tank so deep it is impossible to sneak up on them w/ a tweezers !

Go snorkeling...

They "should" only attack the coral if it is duying or dead and there is tissue to eat. They "typically" won't attack healthy tissues (other than your fingers if you try to touch them).

Now there are some rogue worms of course that don't follow the norm. If they decide they have an appetite for coral then they gotta go. If the tweezer idea is out and the traps have been tried you are basically SOL unless you can find another way to get them. You may want to try building a PVC trap to get the larger ones and stick some fod in the bottom so they are attracted to it. Other than that I am out of ideas for you.

Good Luck Hunting!