Bristle worm

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Short vid of my brisle worm coming out of the rocks in my aquarium.

Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: May 11, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Author: fatsdave

Length: 00:00:57
Rating: 5.00
Views: 3436

Tags: reef aquarium bristle worm saltwater fish tank

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
bananatree94 (November 16, 2008 at 9:18 pm)
they're good when they're small but when they get big like this they become dangerous to other tank mates so i would get rid of it
lakshwadeep (August 23, 2008 at 12:45 am)
Don't kill it. Even though they look scary, they are the perfect reef-safe scavengers.
donniccolo (September 27, 2008 at 10:41 am)
it seems there are mixed responses to these worms. i have lots in my tank as well...what to do? natural selection?!
lakshwadeep (September 27, 2008 at 1:36 pm)
Basically, only a small minority of bristle worms are dangerous. I generally say that you shouldn't worry if the worms aren't attacking anything alive. Often people blamed worms for killing there clams or fish only because they saw the worms eating the dead bodies.

If you want some more info, google "the large worm turns by ronald shimek" and also "chuck's addiction hitchhikers".
lakshwadeep (September 27, 2008 at 1:49 pm)
Also, you can see in one of the related videos from "andthatsalright" another illogical conclusion by uninformed people. He said that the worm ate his goby because "they get about 18 inches and eat your fish", which is a myth.

The worm in the video looked like a fire worm. The Shimek article I linked above states that a fire worm has "no jaws to bite off chunks of food, rather it must lick them to death" where feeding can take hours, which means a living fish should have been able to escape.
thrilljunkie08 (July 11, 2008 at 5:04 pm)
wow, that got really big! you should trap it, and throw it in a cup/bowl of vinegar or bleach
nwyk153 (May 11, 2008 at 11:57 pm)
OMG KILL IT! KILL IT!