bristle worm control?

catalano

catalano

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Ok these worms are really starting to get out of control. I really want to add a fish to eat them. Im not the best at mixing fish. Right now i have 3 fish 1 midas blenny, coral beauty angel, and 1 bartlett anthianis(cant spell). Any ideas on a cool fish to add thats known for eatting worms? I have a bare bottom 60 gal cube. Its barebottom so wrasses wont work. Thanks
 
Actually wrasses can work in a bare bottom tank. You just would need to add in a small container with sand in it somewhere in the tank so that it has some place to sleep at night.

Some people use tupperware, but there's a company that makes a decorative rock for this exact purpose. I just can't recall the company's name for some reason. Maybe someone on here will remember.

Other than wrasses, I'm not sure what will take care of them for you.

The only other option is to take a piece of nylon stocking, add some krill, tie it up and toss it in the tank after the lights go out. When you wake up in the morning it'll probably be covered in bristle worms and you can just remove the whole stocking since the bristle worms spines will more than likely stick to it.
 
That decorative rock sounds cool im going to look into that. Thanks. Anything else other than a wrasse though? had a goatfish in my last tank that worked great but they also need sand
 
Food for thought, if you have an ass ton of bristle worms then there is likely to much waste in your tank. If you get a fish that eats the detrivores you may cause problems in the long run. In not very experienced, but here is what I see happening... Add more bioload, add more food, kill the poo and food eaters (worms) then your bare bottom tank has an amonia spike since there is no sand bed (sand bed =nitrification). Maybe it would help if you reduced feeding and the worms population will wane down on its own... But I don't know.
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Pfisherman said:
Food for thought, if you have an ass ton of bristle worms then there is likely to much waste in your tank. If you get a fish that eats the detrivores you may cause problems in the long run. In not very experienced, but here is what I see happening... Add more bioload, add more food, kill the poo and food eaters (worms) then your bare bottom tank has an amonia spike since there is no sand bed (sand bed =nitrification). Maybe it would help if you reduced feeding and the worms population will wane down on its own... But I don't know.
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My thoughts exactly. Reduce feeding and see what happens, my guess is that your bristleworm pop will decrease dramatically.
 
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