All About Bristle Worms and Fire Worms

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Today we aren't learning about a fish, nor a coral, but a creepy creature that might be roaming around in your tank at night and you don't even know it. It's a bristle worm! We're going to be learning about what they are, how they got into my tank, and should I let them stay or get rid of them.
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@Tinnerito 19 күн бұрын

I got this singular bristleworm as a hitchhiker on my liverock, and he's a real chill dude. Eats the decaying matter, then hides away.

@BrockLeonard 2 күн бұрын

Gotta love em!

@PersianChristianity Жыл бұрын

Make a series about PESTS 😂😂😂

@FishOutOfWaterToronto Жыл бұрын

Haha I love it Brock was anxious awaiting this video. I think that bristle worms do their job in the aquarium - don't need a ton of them but a few...

@fahdmoh8424 Жыл бұрын

You deserve a subscribe . Don't quit. Like the other comment suggested, please tell us about pests that we should be worry about

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching too😁

@tatooz52967 Жыл бұрын

Another great informative video. Thank you sir.

@yunghysterik 6 ай бұрын

I have a decent sized population of bristleworms that are in my 20 gal nano mixed reef. They hide for the most part aside from lights out and when feeding the tank. They are a phenomenal part of the cleanup crew in my tank eating any missed food that my fish, inverts, etc miss. Even though some people don't enjoy bristle worms, I've never seem them bother anything in my tank once.

@BrockLeonard 5 ай бұрын

They doing their job! Thats great.

@rhombifer566 11 ай бұрын

Bristle worms are worth the weight in gold is part of the cleanup crew there just a part of a healthy reef aquarium nothing to be scared of. If you don’t ever feed your tank, their population will balance, their self no need to get rid of. In fact, I would add them, but they probably will have them anyways.

@sarrakitty Жыл бұрын

IMO people in this hobby have a tendency to be far too paranoid about bristleworms. Unless they are the fire worm kind or large eunice worms, they are generally benign to beneficial members of the cleanup crew. There are just so many species of them out there, that people always assume the worst when they see them. Unless you have the big voracious kind the attempts to totally eradicate them can do more harm than good. Natural control on their population as you mentioned, is the best way to keep them in check.

@FishOutOfWaterToronto Жыл бұрын

I had a three foot long worm in the substrate of my 75 gallon, just did its thing and I only noticed it after 7 years when I moved the tank

@karennation3580 2 ай бұрын

OMG! That must have been horrifying!

@karennation3580 2 ай бұрын

Do You think they irritate or bite corals? I see them under corals I have moved a lot of times! Also they come out like crazy when I feed my corals!

@bobbiesueleonard61 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@FeyZeal Жыл бұрын

I did a quick search on the image. I think it's either a bristle worm or a fireworm. Don't touch it unless you figure out which. The fireworm apparently can sting, not sure how venomous.

@jacksonsparrow8865 Ай бұрын

What if i take the rock out and leave it outside in the sun? Will this kill everything on the live rock?

@reefadventures9951 Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid Brock

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Thanks for always coming by to watxh

@kylefriend6391 Жыл бұрын

Be smart and where gloves, like Brock said. I learned the hard way… 3 times. If you do go gloveless, and WHEN you do get tagged, the only things that seemed to help get the bristles out were packing tape or rubber cement

@Miko36019 8 ай бұрын

I caught a salt water fish back then one of these was stuck on the fish . They have white spikes with venom .

@rheljarrard9566 5 ай бұрын

At 5:10 I think I see a couple of amphipods? Do you have a video about those? Also, my bristleworms don't look like yours. They're thinner. Appreciate your content. I took over a neglected saltwater tank at my wife's office. I've had to learn really fast! I knew NOTHING about the hobby.

@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975 Жыл бұрын

Very informative video Thanks Brock

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you man! 💪🏼

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Remember: Aiptasia, Bristleworms and Fireworms are nothing but pure evil! They are the Aquatic Marine Devilish Pests in the tank!

@ronniekarnes6535 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great one sir

@tevincurry1521 5 ай бұрын

I just seen one in my nano and it’s like the width of my thumb in about 7 inches long

@stevemorgan-df4xj 2 ай бұрын

Great video Thank you for sharing

@BrockLeonard 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😁

@tonycloseukreef3799 Жыл бұрын

Great cuc how could I irradiate all pests from a piece of live rock from another tank before adding it my tank cheers Brock

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

That can be tough without harming the life of the rock itself. I’ve seen some people will drop the rock in freshwater for about 1 minute and they say the critters will run out, but that could harm the beneficial bacteria on the rock itself. You could put it in a bucket of saltwater and set out a piece of shrimp beside the rock. Maybe that would tease them to come out and then you can grab the rock while they are out.

@user-pi7eh6ic7u Жыл бұрын

@BrockLeonard Hey, I Have A Blue Spotted Puffer And I Recently Added A Bristle Starfish and He Has Been Nipping At The Bristle Starfish And I Don't Exactly What To Do?, Can You Give Me Some Advice Or Tips?

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Yeah sadly those puffers can see em as snacks and will pick at em. I’d try to give him something else to pick on instead. I used to put dry algae on a clip for him to pick at instead of my corals.

@89Johneboy Жыл бұрын

Hey Brock! i have worms in my tank that have those long tenticles that sit on the sandbed and grab food... How do i get rid of these guys?

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Check out my recent video on the vermetid snails and see if those look similar to what’s in your sand bed

@willcollectorslounge6050 Жыл бұрын

I have a yellow watchman goby, that I have seen with one in it's mouth eating it 😮

@karennation3580 2 ай бұрын

Oh good! I just bought one and I read some gobies were good but didn't mention which ones! I am tired of getting stung by them! My arms and hands are all bit up from moving rocks trying to catch my mean damsel! I am beginning to wonder if they are fireworms though! From what I read brsistle worms dont sting you!

@unknownrap 3 ай бұрын

I just got a bristle worm, just popped up! Creepy asf

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

Pests: Aiptasia, Vermetid Snails, Bristleworm, Fireworm

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

YES

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Now there are 3 types of reef pests.

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard My favorite corals: Anemones, Torch Coral, Frogspawns, Hammers, Candy canes, Blastos, Acanthophyllia, Scolymia, Lobophyllia, Trachyphyllia, and more! Fish: ALL TANGS, ANGELFISH, BUTTERFLY FISH, RABBITFISH, WRASSES, TRIGGERFISH, DAMSELS, CLOWNFISH, AND MORE!

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

1:37 1:39 FIREWORMS 3:46 0:27 BRISTLEWORMS 3:51 0:37

@faheemhassan7275 Жыл бұрын

Hi brother, can you make a video how to get rid off digitate hydroids please, thank you.

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Those can be such a pain, great suggestion

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard ANOTHER REEF PEST IDENTIFIED!!!!!!!

@ireneklauber4008 7 ай бұрын

I had algae and bristle worms and I pulled some of the worst rock out during a water change. I doused it in hydrogen peroxide and left it to soak in the waste water. Loads of dead worms floated to the surface. Algae died too.

@BrockLeonard 7 ай бұрын

That is gnarly

@ElSpiderWolf 7 ай бұрын

Sounds more like the clam died and then was eaten..

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

The Bristleworm Control Crew will take care of them!

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Yes they will!

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Fireworms are definitely Monsters of the reef!

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Hair Algae can be eaten by Tangs, Angelfish, Blennies.

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard Another episode comes out after 2 Weeks

@reefadventures9951 Жыл бұрын

I just added two new fish yesterday to my system. I got a blonde naso and a Foxface lo

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

I’m super JELOUS that you got the blonde naso!

@reefadventures9951 Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard I also have a Gem tang. You can see it on this channel I do update vids on my tank.

@FishOutOfWaterToronto Жыл бұрын

Technically that is a fire worm - Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean #Science!

@MarineFishes Жыл бұрын

Is this a Eurythoe complanata? I stay confused between them😅

@DavidWaters-mc6kz 4 ай бұрын

Mahalo? You must be from Hawai'i. Thanks for the info. I guess i have the safe kine of worms. Though they freak me out.

@BrockLeonard 4 ай бұрын

They are absolute nightmares to look at🤣

@amigo3284 Жыл бұрын

Don’t arrow crabs go after corals and slower fish?

@RickysFarmAndHatchery Ай бұрын

Do they work for fishing?

@BrockLeonard Ай бұрын

Definitely worth a shot😂 never tried it!

@MarineFishes Жыл бұрын

Is that Eurythoe complanata?

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

YES!

@MarineFishes Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard ahh I just hate them as they r way too big and more confident eaters than bristleworms. I used to had a lot of them but I never removed them. Suddenly they disappeared and I got a population blast of dorvilleidae worms. I just reduced the feedings and they disappeared.

@paulnolan9634 Жыл бұрын

Will a coris wrasse eat them

@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын

YES THEY WILL!!!!!!!

@wolfageddon 7 ай бұрын

I found a blue one is that bad?

@BrockLeonard 7 ай бұрын

Just a variation of the typical bristle worm.

@rhombifer566 Жыл бұрын

There good they don’t est live stuff only dead 💀 stuff there good clam was probably on its way out

@Sabertooth_54 Жыл бұрын

Is that a bristle worm or a fire worm at 2:20?

@MarineFishes Жыл бұрын

Eurythoe complanata

@MarineFishes Жыл бұрын

They can sometimes eat small fish if I am right and r confident eaters. Bristleworms only comes out in night or when there is meat in aquarium. Just reduce feedings to reduce their population and same goes for bristleworms too

@EDKsurly Жыл бұрын

My arrow crab annihilate them!

@manzandz Жыл бұрын

Some guy on TikTok actually cooked and ate these worms 💀

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

Nooooooooooooo don’t tell me that😖

@manzandz Жыл бұрын

@@BrockLeonard unfortunately it’s true, that’s how I came across your very informative video - Someone commented what it was that he was eating and I looked it up on here. Apparently the same guy ate something else toxic from the sea and he was really not well after that, obviously didn’t learn the first time.

@BrockLeonard Жыл бұрын

@@manzandz Wild what people can do for attention haha