Bristleworm traps??

Has anyone had any success making bristleworm traps? Seems to me its tough to catch the little buggers. I bought one but they seem to have figured out how to escape. Any help sure would be appreciated!! I have way too many of these things!

 

Why do you want to trap them , Might try to control their numbers with a natural predator and less food for them ? I have seen them trapped and all But I have never really ever had a issue with them in large numbers they do a good service for the tanks at night they clean up excess food waste.

 

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Bad Bristle Room Control
Ways to Prevent and Remove Infestations


Remove them by hand using tweezers or a net when you see them.

Buy a bristleworm trap, or make your own.
Use a baited nylon stocking.

Introduce a natural predator of these worms into the aquarium, such as a Dottyback, Wrasse of the Halichoeres family, Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius), Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus oxycephalus), Sunset Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens), Coral Banded Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) or Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus setrcornis).


Severe Infestation Solution


Although this problem is not likely to occur if the worms are removed when found, if your aquarium is overwhelmed by a severe bad type, or even a beneficial type bristleworms infestation, such as with those of the Eurythoe genus, you can quickly reduce the population by cleaning up the substrate and rocks. Here is what you can do.

Only remove small portions of the aquarium substrate at a time and either:
Spread it out on a plastic sheet, then sieve through the media by hand and pick the worms out using tweezers.

Place the substrate in a plastic container partially filled with saltwater, and stir it around. The worms should come up from the media each time this is done and be in the water portion of the container where they can be scooped out. A fine meshed fish net works well for this.

Remove the rocks one at a time and follow the rock cleaning procedure outlined under the "Preventative Measures" section above.


Tip: It is advised to always wear a pair of gloves of some kind when dealing with Fireworms to avoid coming into contact with their stinging bristles.

Tip: Whenever working with live substrate media and rocks in the open air, it is best to keep it moist, which can be done by using a spray bottle filled with saltwater to dampen it.

 

bristleworms are a good part of a cleanup crew as tangster said i would try to keep the population down but not get rid of them i have always had them in my tanks and never had any problems

 

In my 75g tank, i try to keep my numbers at say no more than 6 that i've seen. if i see that there are like 10-15-20 of those suckers. I'll bust out the tweezers and toss em down the drain. I rarely had traps work in my experience. I use the tweezers and feed less if the population gets too high.

 

I do the same! Try not to exterminate all of them!

 

my bristle worms were way out of control.i took out half the water then overdosed my tank with flatworm exit.it kills flatworms and zoo eating nudibranch,but it stuns starfish and bristleworms.i sat and watched the worms flee the rock and lay at the bottom in the sand with the stars.i used a hose to suck them up and out of a 55 gallon tank i got a half gallon of bristle worms.they were not dead,just stunned.i took all the stunned starfish and put them back in the tank and killed all the worms.i will not list how much i overdosed because i don't wanna be responsible but it was way over the limit.with the bristleworm population now at a normal level,my starfish are now multiplying well,i have tons of little stars,the white serpants and brown and white striped,not asteria.my stomatellas are now multiplying well to,along with many other types of tube worms and such.my tank was way out of control with bristleworms otherwise i never would of used such drastic methods,but i heard of people doing this to rid a tank of zoo eatting nudibranch to.oh,by the way,i paid $10 for one of them bristleworm traps.what a waste of money.i had over a half gallon of worms in my tank and the trap caught about 6 worms a day.

 

Chances are, you have hundreds of these worms in your tank but you just don't see them because they're mostly nocturnal. Try throwing some food in your tank when the lights have been out for a few hours and tell us what you see

That being said, I've never removed bristleworms. They're far too beneficial for me to want to get rid of them. Now, if you have an infestation, chances are you're feeding your tank too much.

 

I do that, my lights turn on at 6:30 and out at 8:00 at night. I am always seein em later at like 9-10.

 

I used one of them coralife traps, they are green and clear. I only used it to catch a few huge worms. It did work tho, got two 6-8 inchers out of my 29 in 2 nites.