film and brissle worms

[Lifeguard50020042005]

hey i have got some bristle worms in my tank and my tang went after it and got stung...the tang i found dead in about two hours......now that he died there has been this weird white film on all of my fish. yesterday my gobby went after the bristle worm and ate it....i watched him eat it...i was thinking yea!!! problem solved well last night my gobby died. Also my dragonnet seems too be looking thinner.....i found him dead this morning in my tank.....i pulled him out and he has a bristle coming out of the mouth what can i buy to eat up these bristle worms....and do you know what this odd white film might be?

[perpetual98]

I've got bristle worms all over my tanks and never have had a problem with them and fish. I'm thinking that you've got a parasite or something in your tank or some other problem that is causing the white film on the fish.

Hopefully someone with more info will chime in here.

[graphixx]

I dont think its bristle worms they are quite harmless. as for the while film you may have ich in the tank. bristle worms are beneficial scavengers and will not knowingly attack prey, they hunt strictly by smell.

[carpenterwrasse]

i was under the impression that bristle worms though a good scavenger they were not that good for some tank inhabitants...I used to take them out when i would find them....and to answer your question try an arrow crab or i beleive a six line wrasse are the natural way to remove them.. but arrows sometimes eat them and sometimes don't

[Whoyah]

I believe arrow crab will also eat hermits and snails. Just an FYI.

[carpenterwrasse]

never seen that but i do know they like peppermint shrimp

[dakar]

Getting sligtly off topic a bit, but yes, we've seen the behavior of an arrow crab 'going hermit munching', kind of funny at first till you add up the cost of his dinner.

[mattsfishin2989]

BRO.. I can solve your parasite problem they have these things that are like little traps and they come with food that the bristle worms like and then they go into the trap and then those annoying lil MO FO are caught. I m lookin for the website but i cant find it but umm just ask at your lfs and ask em if they got bristle worm traps.

[mutts]

I thought a few bristle worms were a good thing?

[Fatman]

Are they good or bad whats the final answer? lol

[jerryc]

I like them in my tank never had a problem with them and iv had them for years

I believe good

[Lifeguard50020042005]

WELL I WENT OUT AND GOT AN ARROW CRAB...HA HA NO MORE WORMS THEY WERE GONE AFTER THE FIRST 3 DAYS!!!YES GO ARROW CRABS!!, BUT HEY HE IS NOT THE BEST OF FRIENDS WITH MY HERMITS...SEEN HIM GO AFTER THEM...BUT NEVER GOT ANY OF THE READS...HE GOT ONE OF MY BLUES THOUGH...HUMM...BUT HE HASN'T GOTTEN ONE SINCE ......BAD ARROW CRAB!!!! :smt075

[Reef_Angel]

LifeGaurd, I warned you about the yummy blue legged hermits and your new Arrow Crab. How are you keeping your Arrow Crab away from your hermits?:lol:

[Lifeguard50020042005]

well he really hasn't been bothering the reds...lol

[graphixx]

I would keep an eye on the arrow. he has a taste for the hermits so the next chance he gets to munch on one he is gonna take it. And bristle worms are beneficial scavengers. I have bristle worms in my tanks that are over 5" long they are huge. I have never had a problem with them in any of my tanks. as for the one crawling out of the dead fishes mouth. I am sure he smelt the dead fish and just did what he is supposed to do......clean up the mess!