How to get rid of Bristle Worms

Ive had people tell me a couple of differnet ways like, a sixline, or different types of crabs. But those are both too aggresive to add into my tank. Ive seen Bristle worm traps before, do they work? I feel like their starting to take over, a little to fast.

 

i see mine occasionally. they control their population in relation to food that is in the tank. how much do you feed? i was just wondering because if it is too much then you will have more bristleworms to take care of the left over food. i would rather go for the natural approach. i had luck with a coral banded shrimp but you may not. try a worm trap, that may work.

 

I only feed every 3 days. And Its not alot, I watch all the food get devoured by my fish, pep. shrimp, serpent stars, and nas. snails. Theres barely nothing left by the time it all gets eaten. Id love to get a coral banded shrimp, but i also know their aggresive.

 

I've never removed any bristle worms in the 17 yrs of reefing and with 10 systems on the go. (at least, not deliberately)
As already mentioned, they are limited to the amount of food present in the tank.
You can never remove all of them unless you totally sterilize all your rock and coral base, but as soon as you introduce another coral, you will most likely re-introduce the worms again.
Without them, you would have to do more tank maintenance or buy something to do the work that they do.

 

Katie you would be find with a coral banded shrimp. I have a 75 gal as well and I have two fire shrimp, one cleaner shrimp and one peppermint shrimp. They all stay out of each others way. By far the fire shrimp are the bad $#@'s of the tank.

 

Well in my experience, the coral banded was the most aggressive I've ever encountered and it kept after my blennies and mandarin, and killed off my cleaner shrimp.
My fire shrimp couldn't hold a candle to the banded.

 

i vote arrow crab or trap.i agree bandeds can b mean mamma jammas. ive had good luck with arrow crabs playing nice though.

 

I have too many myself. I also have watched them poke out of a rock and squirt out some white stuff!! I have no idea what it is and neither does anyone else!

I found online a trap that is working for me so far. Its:
1. Take a small sealable clear container (like ziploc, tupperware) and with a steak knife poke a small "X" in it, just big enough for the worms to get in.
2. Put a small piece of rock (for weight) and a small piece of shrimp, let sit overnight.
3. Morningtime, you'll have your catch.

The bristle worm traps they sell are small, and i have watched them eat, and back right out of it. Hope this helps!

 

I would just let their population boom and then bust unless they're hurting something. It might take a few weeks but their population should shrink once they've consumed all the available food. Some predators could end up being more of a hassle than the bristle worms in the long run.