Bristles in fish, how to remove some huge bristle worms?

[Reffetsevla]

After watching that video and seeing how the tail doesn’t taper… that no longer looks like a bristleworm however I can’t see the face to confirm it’s what I believe. It looks to me like a Eunicid species, they can go years undiscovered even if fish don’t go missing.
In many cases, getting rid of them is a nightmare and it does end up being people have to get rid of the rock. I cant tell if the bristles are being used as feet though. Eunice worms use their legs to walk and can go at quite some speed. I’ve combatted about 5 in the whole 10+ years I’ve been in this hobby.
Bristleworms will have their tail taper however Eunicid species do not have a tapered tail, you will often know of the Eunice species as Bobbitworms however it’s usually only 1 species commonly seen, Eunice aphroditois. The other species can often come in though.

This is just from my eye without glasses on (Screw eyesight). Hopefully if you can get a photo of the face we can rule out bobbitworm.

Already been removed and I am all but certain they are bristle worms. The faces have absolutely no "tendrils" or "jaws" of sorts like you'd see off the mouth of a Eunice or Bobbit. Unless it's a eunice that looks exactly like bristles, pretty sure they were just really massive bristle worms lol I removed two the night I got that video as they came all the way out for the first time I've seen. Didn't bother with pics/vids, just wanted them gone hah

 

[Tired]

My Internet is better today, so I've gotten a better look, and I agree that they do look a bit odd. Worth noting that the jaws of a eunicid are normally hidden, so the lack of those isn't a guarantee. However, the lack of tendrils/tentacles/whatever on the face is a pretty good sign that they're not eunicids. As far as I know, all eunicids (and many other worms) have face dealies.

A lot of feeding would help explain the size, but I do think maybe you have/had a species other than the normal bristleworms. It's entirely possible that they're still harmless, as a lot of bristleworms are mostly or entirely detritivores.

If you pull any more, take a nice picture of one. Maybe the common ones just look a bit odd when they get huge. Because that's huge! Lots of feeding usually still just produces a lot of 5-6" worms.

 

[BuddyBonButt]

First of, YES we need a build thread!
Second off, consider one of these options;
Boxer shrimp (Risky in terms of slow moving or small fish/inverts and are opportunistic hunters)
Arrow Crabs (Same as the boxer shrimp)
Pink streak wrasse - Pseudocheilinops ataenia (Peaceful and excellent but hard to find and can be pricy sometimes)
Six line wrasse - Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (MANY horror stories about them being aggressive to other fish and ruling a tank).

How do I post a build thread? I'm pretty new to the hobby and site

 

[i cant think]

How do I post a build thread? I'm pretty new to the hobby and site

I believe it’s in the sticky threads in aquarium discussion (I could be wrong).

 

[BuddyBonButt]

I believe it’s in the sticky threads in aquarium discussion (I could be wrong).

Yeah I went searching for it after I commented, I went through literal hell getting into the hobby so I've been dying to share my experiences.

It's pretty much finished, just waiting until tomorrow morning to post it. I want to get it all in one go so I want to make sure that I'm not forgetting anything

 

[i cant think]

Yeah I went searching for it after I commented, I went through literal hell getting into the hobby so I've been dying to share my experiences.

It's pretty much finished, just waiting until tomorrow morning to post it. I want to get it all in one go so I want to make sure that I'm not forgetting anything

I’m looking forward to seeing it

 

[BuddyBonButt]

I’m looking forward to seeing it

Can I @ you directly? I'd love to share it with you

 

[i cant think]

Can I @ you directly? I'd love to share it with you

I’d happily let you do that, I love reading about peoples experiences and how they deal with different problems.

 

[BuddyBonButt]

I’d happily let you do that, I love reading about peoples experiences and how they deal with different problems.

Awesome, but like.. how do I do it? Lol

 

[i cant think]

Awesome, but like.. how do I do it? Lol

You just do @ and then type my name so like this;
@i cant think

 

[BuddyBonButt]

You just do @ and then type my name so like this;
@i cant think

Oh in the comments? Will do. I'll copy your name so I don't forget it. Thanks!