Bristle worm trap

[Rwc]

Anyone have any crafty homemade methods in the removal of pesky bristle worms. My purple fire fish has its whole right side covered with bristles so its time to start wrangling some of the buggers

 

[kschweer]

Take a piece of table shrimp and put it inside a piece of panty hose and tie off both ends. Put it in the tank when the lights go out. The bristle worms will try to eat the shrimp and their bristles get stuck in the panty hose. In the morning remover the panty hose with the worms stuck to it. It works very well

 

[Cdiggy]

Take a piece of table shrimp and put it inside a piece of panty hose and tie off both ends. Put it in the tank when the lights go out. The bristle worms will try to eat the shrimp and their bristles get stuck in the panty hose. In the morning remover the panty hose with the worms stuck to it. It works very well

+1 on that. Very effective.

 

[Rwc]

Sounds like I'm going to be getting some strange looks thrown my way while I'm in line buying panty hose hah

 

[redfishbluefish]

Sounds like I'm going to be getting some strange looks thrown my way while I'm in line buying panty hose hah

Ah come on....a little makeup, a wig and some heels and you'll look fine.

 

[Cdiggy]

Ask if they have any ski masks and rubber guns for sale at the dollar store

 

[Rwc]

That'd be one ugly woman

 

[BryanDuggan]

Can someone pleeease figure how to add a "LIKE" button to this site?

 

[radiata]

I have no issues with Bristle Worms, as they add a a lot of plankton to the tank when they reproduce. For biological control - Pseudochromis, like fridmanis, will eat the smaller ones, and Bird Wrasses will eat larger ones (but aren't especially reef safe). Suggest you pull them out with some stainless steel forceps when you find one that is 3" to 5" long, and just let the rest just be...

 

[Rwc]

I've got one larger one trolling around that has been a nuisance stinging my shrimp goby and purple fire fish.