it's like fiberglass, if you've ever worked with it.They don't actually sting. They stick you with their bristles and then the bristles stay in you and hurt like .......
Then you have to pull them out....
are bristleworms bad or good? i have a big one in my tank. i think they are good but not totally sure. will they harm the fish? thx:smirk:
This one is a Hermodice carunculata.The question is how big. Anything under 3 -4 inches I wouldn't worry about, and, they are actually a good thing. Here's some interesting facts about bristleworms: If they don't have anything to eat they will eat each other. They won't reproduce without enough food. So, the bottom line is you'll only have as many as your detritus and left over food will sustain.
On the other hand, I had a worm that was responsible for killing at least a hundred snails. They are known to catch and kill fish, but that's an entirely different worm. Here's a photo of it, it took me months to catch it.
This one is a Hermodice carunculata.
If this is ID is correct.?
Then this website says that this worm eats hard corals, anemones, and small crustaceans: Bearded Fireworms, Hermodice carunculata ~ MarineBio.org
yeah figured out that i have one that is at least a foot long in my 28 gal! i want to them