questions about this rock

[TRe]

what is this?

is this a bad thing?

 

[TRe]

the last piece of tonga that i got had this sea slug thing stuck to the bottom of if and i wanna know if its a good or bad thing... btw it detactched its self from the rock and is now in the sand... also those antenna things are on the rock too and when feeding today i saw a little orange and white catapiller come out wtf is this??? and what should i do

 

[aresgod]

those antenna are spaghetti worms, not sure what else your talking about in the picture

 

[TRe]

those antenna are spaghetti worms, not sure what else your talking about in the picture

are they bad?

 

[1979camaro]

nope...just little guys

 

[TRe]

and what about this orange catapiller thing that comes out of this rock??

 

[DustinKeating]

bristle worms most likely, mine are pink though. they're cool, as long as they're in moderation.

 

[TRe]

but it seems big i got a pic of it ill post it soon

 

[1979camaro]

bristleworms can get quite large...

 

[dbacksrat]

in Corals by Borneman, he talks about a 5ft long worm found in a German reefer's tank (not a bristleworm though)--imagine that

 

[1979camaro]

if i recall its a peanut worm he is describing in corals

 

[zanoshano]

i have both of the above. Will my fish eat them?

 

[1979camaro]

fish which don't bother other sesile inverts usually don't go for spaghetti worms; same for bristleworms...a number of wrasses will go for bristelworms if you have a population explosion

 

[dbacksrat]

in Corals by Borneman, he talks about a 5ft long worm found in a German reefer's tank (not a bristleworm though)--imagine that

i think p. 397 (soft cover) has the pic of the palolo sp. worm i was talking about

 

[wayne]

It's also in Fossa and Nilsson Vol 1. I think if you find Steve Weasts website he pulled a monster out of his 500 too.

 

[TRe]

ok i read that arrow crabs eat bristle worms... i think ill get one tommorow

 

[dbacksrat]

arrow crabs don't only eat bristleworms--they also eat feather duster worms, etc, etc (I don't have my Calfo and Fenner Invert Book with me, so I can't give you more)
wrasse eat bristle worms, but don't depend on them to eat them entirely--try manual removal (with tweezers or tangle them w/ some baited filter floss)
try searching for bristleworm traps on google or yahoo--you will get a million designs and ideas

 

[TRe]

i read online that those traps dont work to well

 

[1979camaro]

arrow crab is going to get way to big for a ten...the worms really arent a problem and can be beneficial, why not just leave them? a reef is not sterile....

 

[TRe]

every time i turn around i notice another one and i keep reading online that they are bad and will destroy coral and anenomes and stuff and that you should remove them because they reproduce very fast ( wich seems to be happening) does any one know of any good methods to remove bristle worms?