big bristle worm

[jgoal55]

I just pulled a 6-7 inch (when extended) bristle worm out of my seahorse tank.....should I put him in my reef tank sump?

 

[seedless reefer]

I put them in my fuge.

 

[dakota]

I have a couple that size and bigger in my 30.

No problems with them.

 

[horsesziggy]

When I Took My Tank Down We Found One 6" Plus Un Extended, They Are Nasty Looking.

 

[seedless reefer]

Saw something today that was interesting.....

Linda fed her rock anemone which closes in on itself to eat its food.

As it closed a huge bristle worm came out of a hole that would normally be blocked by the anemone, slithered into the anemone and took out a giant chunk of the anemones dinner.

It then slithered back into its hole.

Thought these guys were nocturnal. I have decided to call him "Daywalker".

 

[fishwhisperer]

I have bristle worms in my seahorse tank and they have never bothered them. They usually just eat up the leftover food. I think they are harmless.

 

[dannybradley]

They are harmless to all but my fingers while aquascaping! The one really memorable sting was from one about the size of a pencil. I must have taken hundreds of hairs in my middle finger. It had a welt for 3 days and was swollen for 2 weeks.

The hundreds(I've aquascaped A LOT of tanks) of stings I've had normally just go away in a day or two. You'd think I'd be smart enough to buy gloves, but I'm not. It gives me something else to complain about.

 

[dakota]

Bristleworms, at least to me, seem to become more beautiful the larger they get. They develop a metallic irridescence of blues and greens that isn't visible when they are smaller. Also, the larger they get, the more secretive they seem to become.