I’ve always had a bunch of bristle worms and no algae because they’re such good detritivores but I’ve recently had a bit of an outbreak of fire worms and now I’m scared to touch any of the rocks in my tank
I have a decent sized population of bristleworms that are in my 20 gal nano mixed reef. They hide for the most part aside from lights out and when feeding the tank. They are a phenomenal part of the cleanup crew in my tank eating any missed food that my fish, inverts, etc miss. Even though some people don't enjoy bristle worms, I've never seem them bother anything in my tank once.
Bristle worms are worth the weight in gold is part of the cleanup crew there just a part of a healthy reef aquarium nothing to be scared of. If you don’t ever feed your tank, their population will balance, their self no need to get rid of. In fact, I would add them, but they probably will have them anyways.
IMO people in this hobby have a tendency to be far too paranoid about bristleworms. Unless they are the fire worm kind or large eunice worms, they are generally benign to beneficial members of the cleanup crew. There are just so many species of them out there, that people always assume the worst when they see them. Unless you have the big voracious kind the attempts to totally eradicate them can do more harm than good. Natural control on their population as you mentioned, is the best way to keep them in check.
At 5:10 I think I see a couple of amphipods? Do you have a video about those? Also, my bristleworms don't look like yours. They're thinner. Appreciate your content. I took over a neglected saltwater tank at my wife's office. I've had to learn really fast! I knew NOTHING about the hobby.
Be smart and where gloves, like Brock said. I learned the hard way… 3 times. If you do go gloveless, and WHEN you do get tagged, the only things that seemed to help get the bristles out were packing tape or rubber cement
@@BrockLeonard ahh I just hate them as they r way too big and more confident eaters than bristleworms. I used to had a lot of them but I never removed them. Suddenly they disappeared and I got a population blast of dorvilleidae worms. I just reduced the feedings and they disappeared.
Oh good! I just bought one and I read some gobies were good but didn't mention which ones! I am tired of getting stung by them! My arms and hands are all bit up from moving rocks trying to catch my mean damsel! I am beginning to wonder if they are fireworms though! From what I read brsistle worms dont sting you!
I did a quick search on the image. I think it's either a bristle worm or a fireworm. Don't touch it unless you figure out which. The fireworm apparently can sting, not sure how venomous.
Abi (bristle worm) sanırım türkçesi deniz çıyanına benziyor, sanırım taşlardan veya yeni eklenen mercanlardan gelebiliyorlarmış. Zararı var mı bilmiyorum ama bazıları bayağı büyüyorlar bildiğim kadarıyla
That can be tough without harming the life of the rock itself. I’ve seen some people will drop the rock in freshwater for about 1 minute and they say the critters will run out, but that could harm the beneficial bacteria on the rock itself. You could put it in a bucket of saltwater and set out a piece of shrimp beside the rock. Maybe that would tease them to come out and then you can grab the rock while they are out.
I had algae and bristle worms and I pulled some of the worst rock out during a water change. I doused it in hydrogen peroxide and left it to soak in the waste water. Loads of dead worms floated to the surface. Algae died too.
@BrockLeonard Hey, I Have A Blue Spotted Puffer And I Recently Added A Bristle Starfish and He Has Been Nipping At The Bristle Starfish And I Don't Exactly What To Do?, Can You Give Me Some Advice Or Tips?
Yeah sadly those puffers can see em as snacks and will pick at em. I’d try to give him something else to pick on instead. I used to put dry algae on a clip for him to pick at instead of my corals.
They can sometimes eat small fish if I am right and r confident eaters. Bristleworms only comes out in night or when there is meat in aquarium. Just reduce feedings to reduce their population and same goes for bristleworms too
Technically that is a fire worm - Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean #Science!
@@BrockLeonard unfortunately it’s true, that’s how I came across your very informative video - Someone commented what it was that he was eating and I looked it up on here. Apparently the same guy ate something else toxic from the sea and he was really not well after that, obviously didn’t learn the first time.
I got this singular bristleworm as a hitchhiker on my liverock, and he's a real chill dude. Eats the decaying matter, then hides away.
Gotta love em!
I’ve always had a bunch of bristle worms and no algae because they’re such good detritivores but I’ve recently had a bit of an outbreak of fire worms and now I’m scared to touch any of the rocks in my tank
I have a decent sized population of bristleworms that are in my 20 gal nano mixed reef. They hide for the most part aside from lights out and when feeding the tank. They are a phenomenal part of the cleanup crew in my tank eating any missed food that my fish, inverts, etc miss. Even though some people don't enjoy bristle worms, I've never seem them bother anything in my tank once.
They doing their job! Thats great.
You deserve a subscribe . Don't quit. Like the other comment suggested, please tell us about pests that we should be worry about
I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching too😁
Make a series about PESTS 😂😂😂
Bristle worms are worth the weight in gold is part of the cleanup crew there just a part of a healthy reef aquarium nothing to be scared of. If you don’t ever feed your tank, their population will balance, their self no need to get rid of. In fact, I would add them, but they probably will have them anyways.
IMO people in this hobby have a tendency to be far too paranoid about bristleworms. Unless they are the fire worm kind or large eunice worms, they are generally benign to beneficial members of the cleanup crew. There are just so many species of them out there, that people always assume the worst when they see them. Unless you have the big voracious kind the attempts to totally eradicate them can do more harm than good. Natural control on their population as you mentioned, is the best way to keep them in check.
Another great informative video. Thank you sir.
At 5:10 I think I see a couple of amphipods? Do you have a video about those? Also, my bristleworms don't look like yours. They're thinner. Appreciate your content. I took over a neglected saltwater tank at my wife's office. I've had to learn really fast! I knew NOTHING about the hobby.
Haha I love it Brock was anxious awaiting this video. I think that bristle worms do their job in the aquarium - don't need a ton of them but a few...
I had a three foot long worm in the substrate of my 75 gallon, just did its thing and I only noticed it after 7 years when I moved the tank
OMG! That must have been horrifying!
1:37 1:39 FIREWORMS 3:46
0:27 BRISTLEWORMS 3:51 0:37
Take all the inverts you want out of the tank. Then get your self a crew of puffers and triggers. They woll clean out every invert in the tank 🤣
Do You think they irritate or bite corals? I see them under corals I have moved a lot of times! Also they come out like crazy when I feed my corals!
Who makes that trap ?
Be smart and where gloves, like Brock said. I learned the hard way… 3 times. If you do go gloveless, and WHEN you do get tagged, the only things that seemed to help get the bristles out were packing tape or rubber cement
Is that Eurythoe complanata?
YES!
@@BrockLeonard ahh I just hate them as they r way too big and more confident eaters than bristleworms. I used to had a lot of them but I never removed them. Suddenly they disappeared and I got a population blast of dorvilleidae worms. I just reduced the feedings and they disappeared.
Great video
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching 😁
I have a yellow watchman goby, that I have seen with one in it's mouth eating it 😮
Oh good! I just bought one and I read some gobies were good but didn't mention which ones! I am tired of getting stung by them! My arms and hands are all bit up from moving rocks trying to catch my mean damsel! I am beginning to wonder if they are fireworms though! From what I read brsistle worms dont sting you!
Hi brother, can you make a video how to get rid off digitate hydroids please, thank you.
Those can be such a pain, great suggestion
@@BrockLeonard ANOTHER REEF PEST IDENTIFIED!!!!!!!
Very informative video
Thanks Brock
Appreciate you man! 💪🏼
@@BrockLeonard Remember: Aiptasia, Bristleworms and Fireworms are nothing but pure evil! They are the Aquatic Marine Devilish Pests in the tank!
I did a quick search on the image. I think it's either a bristle worm or a fireworm. Don't touch it unless you figure out which. The fireworm apparently can sting, not sure how venomous.
Awesome vid Brock
Thanks for always coming by to watxh
Pests:
Aiptasia, Vermetid Snails, Bristleworm, Fireworm
YES
@@BrockLeonard Now there are 3 types of reef pests.
@@BrockLeonard My favorite corals: Anemones, Torch Coral, Frogspawns, Hammers, Candy canes, Blastos, Acanthophyllia, Scolymia, Lobophyllia, Trachyphyllia, and more!
Fish: ALL TANGS, ANGELFISH, BUTTERFLY FISH, RABBITFISH, WRASSES, TRIGGERFISH, DAMSELS, CLOWNFISH, AND MORE!
I caught a salt water fish back then one of these was stuck on the fish . They have white spikes with venom .
Abi (bristle worm) sanırım türkçesi deniz çıyanına benziyor, sanırım taşlardan veya yeni eklenen mercanlardan gelebiliyorlarmış. Zararı var mı bilmiyorum ama bazıları bayağı büyüyorlar bildiğim kadarıyla
Don’t arrow crabs go after corals and slower fish?
The Bristleworm Control Crew will take care of them!
Yes they will!
@@BrockLeonard Fireworms are definitely Monsters of the reef!
@@BrockLeonard Hair Algae can be eaten by Tangs, Angelfish, Blennies.
@@BrockLeonard Another episode comes out after 2 Weeks
I just seen one in my nano and it’s like the width of my thumb in about 7 inches long
Do they work for fishing?
Definitely worth a shot😂 never tried it!
What if i take the rock out and leave it outside in the sun? Will this kill everything on the live rock?
🤣
Great video.
Hey Brock! i have worms in my tank that have those long tenticles that sit on the sandbed and grab food... How do i get rid of these guys?
Check out my recent video on the vermetid snails and see if those look similar to what’s in your sand bed
Great cuc how could I irradiate all pests from a piece of live rock from another tank before adding it my tank cheers Brock
That can be tough without harming the life of the rock itself. I’ve seen some people will drop the rock in freshwater for about 1 minute and they say the critters will run out, but that could harm the beneficial bacteria on the rock itself. You could put it in a bucket of saltwater and set out a piece of shrimp beside the rock. Maybe that would tease them to come out and then you can grab the rock while they are out.
I had algae and bristle worms and I pulled some of the worst rock out during a water change. I doused it in hydrogen peroxide and left it to soak in the waste water. Loads of dead worms floated to the surface. Algae died too.
That is gnarly
@BrockLeonard Hey, I Have A Blue Spotted Puffer And I Recently Added A Bristle Starfish and He Has Been Nipping At The Bristle Starfish And I Don't Exactly What To Do?, Can You Give Me Some Advice Or Tips?
Yeah sadly those puffers can see em as snacks and will pick at em. I’d try to give him something else to pick on instead. I used to put dry algae on a clip for him to pick at instead of my corals.
I just got a bristle worm, just popped up! Creepy asf
I found a blue one is that bad?
Just a variation of the typical bristle worm.
My first live rock had a bonnet worm....
I just added two new fish yesterday to my system. I got a blonde naso and a Foxface lo
I’m super JELOUS that you got the blonde naso!
@@BrockLeonard I also have a Gem tang. You can see it on this channel I do update vids on my tank.
Is that a bristle worm or a fire worm at 2:20?
Eurythoe complanata
They can sometimes eat small fish if I am right and r confident eaters. Bristleworms only comes out in night or when there is meat in aquarium. Just reduce feedings to reduce their population and same goes for bristleworms too
Thanks for another great one sir
Will a coris wrasse eat them
YES THEY WILL!!!!!!!
Technically that is a fire worm - Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean #Science!
Is this a Eurythoe complanata? I stay confused between them😅
Mahalo? You must be from Hawai'i. Thanks for the info. I guess i have the safe kine of worms. Though they freak me out.
They are absolute nightmares to look at🤣
Some guy on TikTok actually cooked and ate these worms 💀
Nooooooooooooo don’t tell me that😖
@@BrockLeonard unfortunately it’s true, that’s how I came across your very informative video - Someone commented what it was that he was eating and I looked it up on here. Apparently the same guy ate something else toxic from the sea and he was really not well after that, obviously didn’t learn the first time.
@@manzandz Wild what people can do for attention haha
There good they don’t est live stuff only dead 💀 stuff there good clam was probably on its way out
My arrow crab annihilate them!
hi
HEY😊
Id get crab to eat them
FIRST I GUESS