Hello everyone.
So this past weekend I cleaned out the back compartments of my 45 AIO. Took out the media, live rock, sponge and rinsed in tank water and siphoned out the debris and gunk from a few months of build up. Much to my chagrin at the bottom of the bucket I find about 2in worm. The media bag containing some live rock rubble had about three to five smaller versions of this worm- red with numerous bristles. Not thinking I proceeded to swish the bag around in my hand to clean it off. Lucky for me I think the bag and rock protected me from the worst of it. Sharp pains, burning in my hand, tingling and numbness but from what I’ve read could have been considerably worse.
So I removed as many as I could from the media but I’m sure there are some left in the tank. Any recommendations on a natural predator that would eat fireworms? As mentioned it’s a 45 gallon tank, currently inhabitants are only two blue sapphire, blue velvet, and Tracey’s damsels.
So this past weekend I cleaned out the back compartments of my 45 AIO. Took out the media, live rock, sponge and rinsed in tank water and siphoned out the debris and gunk from a few months of build up. Much to my chagrin at the bottom of the bucket I find about 2in worm. The media bag containing some live rock rubble had about three to five smaller versions of this worm- red with numerous bristles. Not thinking I proceeded to swish the bag around in my hand to clean it off. Lucky for me I think the bag and rock protected me from the worst of it. Sharp pains, burning in my hand, tingling and numbness but from what I’ve read could have been considerably worse.
So I removed as many as I could from the media but I’m sure there are some left in the tank. Any recommendations on a natural predator that would eat fireworms? As mentioned it’s a 45 gallon tank, currently inhabitants are only two blue sapphire, blue velvet, and Tracey’s damsels.