So I have a 55gal refug set up for my display tank to feed off of. And I’m doing away with it and going to put some type of fish in it. If I dip the rocks In fresh water. Will it kill the bristle worms? Does anyone have experience with that?
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You could dip in H2O2, worked for me, they fell of instantly, placed the rock back in DT and no ammonia spike.
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Just a thought. If you have bristle worms in your sump, chances are that they are in your display as well. Regardless of how well you eradicate them from the sump, they will most likely be back before too long unless you eradicate them from the display as well. I like the wrasse idea. Just a thought.
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I just made a diy work trap and put shrimp in it at night and then set an alarm for say midnight and take it out. I got most of mine out in two nights
I have them in my tank as well. I had a Melanurus wrasse that was eating them now I have a Marble wrasse. Not sure if he's eating any of them.
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I would try this:
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I have a seen a couple of bristleworms in my system recently so I'm sure I have a lot more. I've tried a trap and only caught one. I'm going to try with a shrimp tonight and see if that has more luck. If that doesn't work, will an arrow crab be okay with a fire shrimp and do I have to be worried that it will go after any of my fish?
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Answer:
ARROW CRAB
ARROW CRAB
Dragon174
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I've had bad experience in the past with arrow crabs going after fish. I've read that some wrasses will eat them, but fish right now seem to be hard to get with the world being shut down.
Phycodurus
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H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide.
The problem is just like all marine pest’s. Is that every piece of coral you get will carry with it larval pests that grow into bristle worms, aptasia and all the other wonderful pest that plague the reef tank.
you can only going to get some of them. Like all pest’s they breed easily in the aquarium.
you can only going to get some of them. Like all pest’s they breed easily in the aquarium.
Dragon174
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ugh
Yes ugh is the word. You will never know how many bristle worms you have till you break down a tank. The last tank I broke down had hundreds but you would never know it by looking at the tank.
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