Worms?

[Purevil21]

So these are coming out of the rock that I put in my tank. They are white and furry looking. Anyone know what they are? I can currently see three of them. For some reason it won't upload my picture...

 

[iDream]

try to google bristle worm, if its the same you're fine, be sure its a bristle worm and not a fire worm.

the only thing thats throwing me off is the white, usually they're pinkish

 

[Purevil21]

I think they are bristle worms...what kind of damage do those do? How do I eliminate them?

 

[melosu58]

Xtalreef

See if you see it on here.

 

[melosu58]

If it is bristle worms then they are not bad. Great janitors. They are usually pink though.

 

[Purevil21]

It's a bristle worm, do I need to get rid of them?

 

[iDream]

nope, unless youre overfeeding the population should level off and stay low. though i had a huge one and i took him out thinking he was just too big for my tank, IMO thats the only reason id take them out

 

[Purevil21]

Its pink, I didn't have my white lights on, now I can see it better.

 

[nikki_pip]

Bristle worms are ok for your tank. We have a orchid dottyback which eats them or you can buy a bristleworm trap hope this helps

 

[melosu58]

I have several in my tank. Like I said great janitors.

 

[AaronH]

do brisel worms eat corals. have herd of them going for some fish when they get huge

 

[nikki_pip]

I haven't heard they eat corals at least I hope not.. Would love to know though

 

[AaronH]

my lfs told me that they are no harm but can sometimes eat corals from the inside out as they burrow through the rock

 

[iDream]

fire worms eat fish, and they look like bristleworms, if you have fireworms you should get them out ASAP

ive never heard of bristleworms tunneling through rock at all though

 

[AaronH]

Do fire worms go through the rock