Rob, you and Gwen mentioned you like for bristleworms. I have never seen one in real life, and I was wondering where I could get a bristleworm. I never see them at my LFS, where did you get yours?

Wildone - I bet you've already got a population in your tank! ALL of mine came along with my live rock. You often don't see them...maybe at night after the lights have been out for awhile. That's when I usually catch mine. Once you've got a few, you'll keep up a healthy population. Some fish, such as pseudochromis fridmani love to eat them too!

I will keep a look out for them...I will have to get a red lens for my flashlight!

Yeah do look for them on your rock- mine will creep out from the rocks during feeding.

What kinda rock do u have? I think most LR comes with bristleworms, but maybe some LR comes from areas without bristles?? Just a guess...but hard to imagine since they populate quickly.

same here.. all came on/in my rock.. and usually come out at night

I saw bunches of them day and night when I first started my tank. Now, I only see a few after lights out but I think that is because my tank is established and they don't have to come out for food.

wildone, if you have ever bought live rocks, or any type of coral that came with a rock, i think you have lots of bristleworms. and if you see one, you have a...........

I bought 24# of cured LR for my Nano, and I've spotted 3 peanut worms, but no bristle worms. These 1 to 1-1/2" tube shaped pieces of detritus(?) used to appear in my tank before I intoduced the cleanup crew, but I assumed that might be work of the peanuts.

Cool! Be happy! I wish I could get my hands on a few of those! :-)
But, I'm sure that somewhere in there (lurking) are a few bristle worms!! :-)

Duane- did u see a bristle yet?

I seen this on another site. I was always told by my LFS that bristleworms where the worst thing you could ever have in your tank. That being said here is the following ......Baby BristleWorms tm. Most experienced reefkeepers strongly believe in the beneficial effects of bristle worms on the sand bed. We hold the view that bristle worms and other sand bed scavengers are vitally important components of reef ecosystems, both captive and wild. Our Baby Bristle Worms package comes with 6 fine young specimens, all about 0.5 - 1.0 inches in length. Our clams and corals are grown in commercial mariculture tanks in close proximity with literally thousands of happily breeding bristleworms. Simply put, bristleworms are to reef tanks what earthworms are to gardens. Bristle worms constantly stir the reef tank sand bed and help keep it aerobic. They consume uneaten fish food and fish waste, preventing dead and decaying organic matter from accumulating on top of the sand bed. Baby Bristle Worms will mature rapidly and reproduce to levels that are consistent with the available resources (food and space) in your reef tank. 100% Captive-Bred. Baby Bristle Worms Can this be really true? Dass

I was told the same thing. I used to try to trap them or pick them out. But then I found a similar article and I've been leaving them alone. They never hurt anything, and I have a ton of them.

i think certain types of bristle worms are benificial. i came accross this guy in my tank yesterday. i caught him eatting away at my rose buble tip anemone. according to the site i found the picture, this is a black bristle worm. i pulled this guy out of my rock work and he measured about 13 inces. http://www.dolphin-cyprus.com/scuba%20pics/black_bristle_worm.jpg

But I believe the common kind with a million legs are good for your tank.

i think certain types of bristle worms are benificial. i came accross this guy in my tank yesterday. i caught him eatting away at my rose buble tip anemone. according to the site i found the picture, this is a black bristle worm. i pulled this guy out of my rock work and he measured about 13 inces. http://www.dolphin-cyprus.com/scuba%20pics/black_bristle_worm.jpg
holy smoke, you got the worm from the movie DUNE.

Checked my worms out again. They are the ones with lots of legs, to bad that I have been obcessed in getting rid of them over the years. Wow I never cease to learn things here..............Dass

Pham411, that does not look like a bristle worm i have ever seen..

Pham411, that does not look like a bristle worm i have ever seen..

me either, but thats the only picture i found and it said it was a black bristle worm. if ne1 could id it, that would be great. i think he could be the reason all my aptaisa disapeared from my display.

holy smoke, you got the worm from the movie DUNE.
hahah yah hes pretty uuuglyy!!:o i was shocked at how long it was. gave me chicken skin.

He actually looks like some kind of cuke!

by the way..how the heck did you ever get it out?

13 inches, thats nothing. Check out this 72 inch monster, http://oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm
I love bristle worms matter of fact i just picked up some from work today to throw into my tank. (these are the good kind though)

whoa, thats the same creature, it rejuvinates into another worm if it is sevored. damn that buy is huge! glad i got him out of my tank.

that is scary big.

that is scary big.

bigger & nastier than tremmors 1 & 2 combined

i thought that thing was only eatting my anemone, but now i got something to blame for the disaperances of my mushrooms and zoaz.