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Unread 07/31/2017, 06:55 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by rayjay View Post
Population of bristle worms is proportional to their food supply so if you keep the nutrients low enough they will decrease in numbers. Start with vacuuming out the detritus from the sand bed and then analyze your feeding and maintenance protocol and adjust to keep the nutrient supply lower.

Thank you, I will adjust accordingly. The bristleworms really seem to help clean detritus so the tank looks very clean other than a few patches of hair algae, and nitrates stay under 10, but definitely have become a nuisance. I will also try to get better to keep the mysis in a bowl so the worms can't get to it.


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