Bristle worms

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  1. Trebor

    Trebor Bristle Worm

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    Does anyone know if bristle worms burrow? Just wondering, thanks
     
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  2. seabass1

    seabass1 Montipora Digitata

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    They may, if they're really hungry after food. Usually, the bristleworms I'm used to, find a nice hole in the rock or under a rock & wait and get fat on the scraps left from feeding the fish. They're actually good for the tank & pretty much harmless.
     
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    My bristleworms crawl all over under the sand.
     
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  4. seabass1

    seabass1 Montipora Digitata

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    Yeah, but BR has those other type of bristleworms from the "hood" & they don't mess around!!! ;D
     
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  5. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Yes they do. I had hundreds in my old mantis tank. They were everywhere (it was really dirty haha)
     
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    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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  7. JayTropical

    JayTropical Purple Spiny Lobster

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    they are all over my fuge. i rarely see them in my DT, and if i do my sixline wrasse takes them out like a bad trend.
     
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  8. Trebor

    Trebor Bristle Worm

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    I was wondering because I used to see them but now there just looks like mole runs all over the sand. I still don't have anything else in my tank, so I'm not feeding anything, so I guess they're searching, lol. thanks
     
    Trebor, Jul 12, 2010
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