Fireworm tank?

[elysics]

So i have been thinking a while about setting up a nano, maybe pico, fireworm species tank with minimal/no gear and maintenance.

Question is, what to feed them? Having a seperate tank to raise soft corals to feed them goes against the whole minimal gear and maintenance idea. Are normal pellets going to be enough to sustain them? Frozen food?

And what else to put in the tank? I thought about some macro algae, but then i'd need a light, maybe one of those super cheap freshwater nano leds will be enough, any other ideas?

 

[rwreef]

I would think nori or pellets would work to supplement their food. However, if you have live rock and sand it may be enough to sustain them.

 

[Dolphins18]

You’ll want some rubber gloves lol. Otherwise I doubt they need much beyond food. I’ve always fed my tanks frozen food but these things eat everything.

 

[Asagi]

Have it on for a reverse lighting
cycle too with a red LED light at night so you can actually see them.

 

[elysics]

You’ll want some rubber gloves lol. Otherwise I doubt they need much beyond food. I’ve always fed my tanks frozen food but these things eat everything.

Yeah i wasn't planning on petting them haha. Ist that an actual fireworm in your tank or just a normal bristleworm? Don't they attack your stuff?

 

[Dolphins18]

Yeah i wasn't planning on petting them haha. Ist that an actual fireworm in your tank or just a normal bristleworm? Don't they attack your stuff?

I believe that is the first real fireworm I’ve ever had. They are pretty rare and They are scary looking compared to bristleworms. I’ve only had this tank running for a few months but haven’t seen him doing much damage, though I imagine he helped clean up some of the dead snails. Coral wise I only have a frogspawn and some acans and a mushroom in this tank, haven’t seen any negative effects as of yet! If he damages anything I have a 4” coral banded in another tank that should take care of them! Lol

 

[Anihiel1]

I have at least two in my tank, they were there for probably a year before I moved a rock and scared one. Since then I have been monitoring more closely and discovered their hiding places. They don't come out much unless they're hungry. When I see one scrounging for food in the open, I tweezer him an algae cube and he drags it back under the rock. They haven't bothered anything else in the tank, (presumably because they're not hungry?) My fish, hermits, mithrax, snails, urchin, starfish, brine shrimp, all at various times have been observed right next to the worm.