I’m Donna . A newbe to Reefing. So excited to learn new things.

[Medonna23]

How to get rid of Bristle worms? Or just ignore???

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board! hello from PA!

manual removal(using tweezers or the like), or natural predators like certain wrasses, or invertebrates.

 

[CO2TLEY]

 

[DDenny]

welcome to Reef2Reef

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

There are various type of traps you could use. Or natural predators like wrasse and arrow crabs. However many people just ignore them since they are good clean up crew.

The only ones you want to watch out for are fire worms. They have distinct red and white bristles.

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

 

[Reefer Matt]

Welcome! They make 3d printed traps for them and can be found on Amazon or other places on the web if you want them gone. Or some crabs eat them too.

 

[Just John]

Sorry about the bristle worms. You will always hear that they are a good part of the cleanup crew, but they multiply like crazy and get big.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[OctaviusBrine]

Welcome to the reef!

 

[Dom]

How to get rid of Bristle worms? Or just ignore???

I'd ignore them for the most part. Ugly, yes. But also beneficial as they do cleanup and also turn your substrate over as they crawl through it.

 

[Reefer_kano]

 

[paragrouper]

My wife hates them—I just look to control them. This trap from printed reef works well. https://printedreef.com/collections/bristle-worm-trap

 

[LiveWire]

Welcome to the REEF!!

 

[Brisk]

Welcome!

 

[musel101]

Hi Donna welcome to R2R

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R! For the most part I'd ignore the bristle worms unless you see a really big one or they start to obtain plague proportions. They are useful scavengers. If you need to remove some, the traps are reputed to work but I have no personal experience with them, tweezers can be a fun and fulfilling side-hobby or you can try a wrasse. I don't recommend Arrow Crabs usually as I've never met one I would trust with anything else alive.

 

[cdemoss01]

How to get rid of Bristle worms? Or just ignore???

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Buckster]

Hello Donna and Welcome to R2R! You are just up the street from me.