They will heal and thrive unfortunately. Consider making a trap from a i liter bottle baited with shrimp and trap them
I tried that one and he was too fast, and they attach the back end of their body on the rock, so he retracted quickly. I made this one out of PVC, put a shrimp in the back of it, cut a slit near the front and put a slipknot fishing line to catch him. But I pulled to hard and cut him in half.They will heal and thrive unfortunately. Consider making a trap from a i liter bottle baited with shrimp and trap them
I feel your pain. I myself have been dealing with an infestation for well over a decade, with no end in sight. =/
I was willing to let it co-exist until it annihilated all of my CUC population. And then moved onto my fish. I’m headed to buy new rock today to start the curing process, and I’m just going to trash the rock home it has now. When I tear down the tank I’ll do a good search. So far I’ve only seen one but he’s a good 2 feet long. So, your scallop trap, did he completely leave his rock to enter it?
He may live in the sand, under a rock. Or, in the rock that is above sand.the rocks that are not around his territory, I would keep and isolate from t he area the worm is known to be. It is also difficult to say if you have more than 1
Ok, I will sift through the sand as well. Sucks because I just placed a shipment of frags. But in the long run, good to clear it out.He may live in the sand, under a rock. Or, in the rock that is above sand.the rocks that are not around his territory, I would keep and isolate from t he area the worm is known to be. It is also difficult to say if you have more than 1
I should have documented several worms I found in my sand bed when I tore my tank apart for a rip clean. I assumed they were eunicids. But, I wonder now.
I had a hawk fish just disappear, perhaps these worms may have been responsible for it.
and then I’d see the slime in tubes going through the sandbed. Then, half eaten fish covered in slime.
They did, yes. I also tried loading up with active carbon and baiting with octopus, which also yielded good results. (although it was a bit costly to keep throwing away carbon like that.)
So, I took out the bottom layer of rocks and broke them to pieces. Sifted the sand, nothing but a ton of crab shells located under the rock that I saw the worms in. The only rock that had them in was the one, but I got em!! There were two whole ones, the head, and the tail from yesterday. But all the rock will get thrown away because I’m completely sketched out now lol
I wonder if a wrasse or another bristle eater would eat the very small ones (under an inch), if the large ones are removed? Looks like I may have gotten the biggies out of the tank, but I’m seeing babies in my fresh water tub that I threw the throw-away rocks in, just to see what came out.They did, yes. I also tried loading up with active carbon and baiting with octopus, which also yielded good results. (although it was a bit costly to keep throwing away carbon like that.)
