A bristle worm in my Zoa

[frantz]

I've got my first colony of Zoanthid polyps and they are doing well, starting to expand already (faster than I expected). I was feeding them last night and I saw my first bristle worm. He seems to be living under the Zoa. Do bristle worms move about the tank, or should i attempt to move him to another location in the tank? (or just catch and remove). The only negative I've seen is as it was moving for food the Zoa polyps were retracting (which is what drew my attention in the first place).

 

[frantz]

As a follow up to this, my Zoa were all closed up after they had seemed to be doing really well. I relocated them and no change. I pulled them up and found several bristles (8). I'm sure there are more, but I didn't see them. I pulled them all off and they are no longer with us. Now I'm just waiting to see if the Zoa opens back up like it was.

 

[cr500_af]

Second Barbara... I leave them alone unless I find a REALLY big one. A big population is a sign that you may be overfeeding, BTW. They won't grow in numbers unless they have enough to eat.

 

[frantz]

If they didn't seem to concentrate on the Zoa I would have left them alone. I haven't seen them elsewhere, but perhaps I need to look with a flashlight tonight.

 

[jennm]

cr500_af;613151 wrote: Second Barbara... I leave them alone unless I find a REALLY big one. A big population is a sign that you may be overfeeding, BTW. They won't grow in numbers unless they have enough to eat.

You beat me to it. I concur. :up:

Jenn

 

[frantz]

No FW dip yet.. I thought it might be best to let the Zoa recover from their picking today. If I don't see an improvement then that'll be next step.

 

[gwhiz]

IMO, if you have 8 in a zoa colony, you have a ton of 'em in your tank. In mine, they disturb the zoas when I feed and then 'disappear'. I think that they're ugly, but otherwise I don't worry about 'em.

 

[cr500_af]

JennM;613153 wrote: You beat me to it. I concur. :up:

Jenn

See, I pay attention.