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ultimate125
09/18/2008, 09:24 PM
I'm moving 2 fish from a 24g nano to a new 125g and there's a 12" long bristle worm in the nano. Should I put the worm in my new DT?
It only has a 1" sand bed...
returnofsid
09/19/2008, 06:50 AM
It'll have plenty of room if you have lots of live rock. I think with one that big though, I'd get rid of it...lol. The big ones seem to give me the heebie jeebies~!!!
chimmike
09/19/2008, 06:55 AM
sounds like a refugium worm to me.
fivesmallworlds
09/19/2008, 07:22 AM
I agree with chimmike, if you must keep him the refugium seems like the appropriate place. They're detritus eaters and waste removers which is nice, but I had one get about that big and a couple of weeks later I had like 50 1-2 inch ones all over the place. I kid you not it was worse than aptasia.

If it were me I'd transport it to my garbage can. Be careful not to touch it with your bare hands as they will sting you!!! use a tweezers!
chimmike
09/19/2008, 08:07 AM
hah, how funny is that. Guy agrees with me is in insurance like I am.
fivesmallworlds
09/19/2008, 08:09 AM
lol, I didn't even notice... That is funny!

Looks like you're on P/C while I am Life and Health though.

You down in texas from Ike?

Thread jack sorry!
chimmike
09/19/2008, 08:36 AM
nope, I'm GL right now, looking to move into the field shortly.
Wife does PC field now though.
fivesmallworlds
09/19/2008, 08:50 AM
Gotcha....

I mean, man I hate bristle worms...

lol
chimmike
09/19/2008, 09:16 AM
I have one in my fuge, don't know how he survived or where he hid, but he's about 5" long now.
ultimate125
09/19/2008, 06:18 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13382511#post13382511 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chimmike
sounds like a refugium worm to me.

I have a BB Fuge...
Macimage
09/19/2008, 09:44 PM
I would move it to the display tank. Several online vendors sell them as part of their detritus kits and they are beneficial.

Joyce
agreeive?fish
09/19/2008, 09:56 PM
if you dont want it send it to me.. my clean up crew consists of bristle worms and i dont have trash in my susaturate at all . and they actually control thier population according to the amount of food avaliable..and i only see mine when i feed the tank the rest of the time i dont even see them..i like them