Sep 25, 2014 · All Activity Home Forums Livestock Pest and Disease Treatments Bristle worm? fireworm? Time for all to die.

Dec 20, 2009 · Hi Tony, Fireworms are a type of bristleworm; all true worms in the class Polychaeta (poly= many, chaete= bristles) are commonly known as bristleworms. Bristleworms derive their name from the rows of chaete or bristles that line the dorsal surface and flank of their segmented body. Some fireworms from the family Amphinomidae have hollow bristles that …

Mar 13, 2008 · I've seen a fireworm species tank at the oklahoma aquarium. It was a lot like those ant farms for kids that had thin walls with lots of sand and tunneling fireworms wiggling everywhere. Posted April 15, 2008

Feb 10, 2009 · This little guy appears to be a bearded fireworm- Hermodice carunculata - It's about 3" long and looks to have eaten half a mushroom. It offered little resistance, never tried to hide and came off quickly after a freshwater dip. Probably was gorged It was on a new piece so I hope he's a loner. Co...

Feb 10, 2007 · I found a picture online at google.com that said it was a fireworm. I also asked my lfs where I purchased the rock from and they were pretty convinced that it was a fireworm.

Nov 18, 2017 · Even if it was a fireworm, it wouldn't hurt anything in your tank. There are 2 kinds of "fireworms" that are harmful- Bobbit worms ambush prey (fish) and can bite them in half, and bearded fireworms are very specialized eaters that dine on gorgonians.

Oct 13, 2023 · Ah, yeah, that's a fireworm. They're quite cool, and are still not dangerous to moving animals, but they do eat corals sometimes.

Dec 10, 2020 · The bearded fireworm is known as a voracious opportunistic consumer of a wide range of live prey items, with the potential to change its diet according to ongoing environmental envelopes and food availability, even adopting a scavenger behavior (Simonini et al., 2017, 2018).

Dec 15, 2006 · The other day I dropped some pellets in my tank for my nassarius and peppermint shrimp, and what omes out of the rock but what must have been a 4" fireworm. It pokes around for a while and then swallows the pellet whole. It was very cool. This must have been the one I saw that "cleaned up" my dea...

Jan 16, 2007 · My father's tank seems have an infestation of fire worms. He recently removed a rock that had a sponge on it and found over 30 babies under the rock. I'm looking for a natural predator for these suckers. Anything out there?