Worms are attacking. Help!!

Steven757

Oh guys, help! Worms have infested one of the jars. They are multiplying more and more. The other day, I looked under a stone on the right - and there was one that was 30 cm long, and who knows how many more are in the stones. I looked under a stone on the left, and there were already 2 of the same almost meter-long ones. Brrr. They come out when feeding the fish. Besides that, there are a bunch of small ones; all the holes in the stones are already occupied by them - at least 200. While they are small, the head and tail are red, and the body is black-gray. The big ones are purely gray. What should I do? The aquarium is 1500 liters. There are about 100 kg of stones. The inhabitants are Zebrasoma, Antias, and Helmon. The corals are soft. Here are the photos, sorry for the quality, I took them with my phone.

Katherine

I am in my aquarium and on maintenance all the time, almost every day I remove everything that is over 10 cm. At home, at night, I use tweezers to remove them. During maintenance, I have piled shells and rapanas on the sides of the tank, stuffing them with artemia; there are so many that it's hard to describe, with about ten in each shell. And all this good stuff goes under hot water, and such procedures help a lot.

Elizabeth882

And who eats these worms? Maybe some butterflies?

Jose

The boxer eats them.

Joseph1346

are they really a meter long

Caroline1599

Don't touch the little ones; they provide great benefits as recyclers, and you can remove the larger ones from the aquarium as needed. Don't panic; everything is fine... Gradually, with a long tweezer, you will remove the worms, and happiness will come to you. I had exactly the same situation, and now, after the preventive measures mentioned above, if I see one large one a month, that's still good... P.S. Helmonenko sometimes spots the little ones and devours them with great appetite...

Susan9583

In the first photo, it popped out about 30 centimeters and there was still a lot of reserve. I tried to grab it with tweezers, but I missed out of excitement, and now it doesn't come out like that, it's scared. I'm generally calm about it, but the owners are nervous. I once let them hold a brittle star in their hands, and they refused in disgust, but now this... Thank you all, on Friday we will try to catch Artemia.

Devon107

If I understood correctly, is the aquarium under maintenance? If so, then that's a different matter. Actually, I've wanted to bring this question to the Forum for a long time, that is, to create a topic with, let's say, a title like "Marine Aquariums in the Periphery," or something like that...

Todd

Yes, that's right. Under maintenance.

Jeffrey496

Off-topic Comrade-in-arms. (In wars with complexed ones).

Jacob4800

Since I got the boxer, I haven't seen a single worm for a long time. He probably won't handle the meter-long ones, but he will stop the population.

Shelby3182

I confirm that the boxer does not destroy the population, but keeps it at an appropriate level. My one tore apart worms about 20 cm long.

Amy5070

I just need to find a boxer. To be honest, I didn't know.

Alan273

The boxers each have 160.

Tasha

Why remove it? What is the harm? Or is it just for aesthetics?

Barbara

For confidence, you can, after you plant the boxers, catch a worm and slip it to the boxer... I did this with my own, and before that, their interest in the worm was not very noticeable; after that, I didn't see a single worm while the boxers were alive. At night, I only observed how they walked and dragged things out of the stones and sand... Regarding the negative aspects of these worms, I know that they can harm tridacna, especially if you place it on sand. They can also get into LPS, especially euphyllia... possibly others too...

Charles4157

Pure aesthetics As for the "a," thank you, I thought they had all been sold out.

Scott8536

What about regeneration in polychaetes? It tore apart, but did it eat all those pieces? Butterflies won't touch them, but wrasses will clean them out completely. +1, provided that the population hasn't grown too much. +100. If it's a client's bzyki - try to convince them otherwise. P.S. The most effective way, if not resorting to introducing fish. Boxers are weak support.

Andrew419

There were two beautiful tridacnas that lived for two years, but in the end, they were destroyed by these worms. I haven't heard of euphyllias being affected.

Diana8604

They don't strike, at least I didn't notice, but I found them almost under the very crown (already dead) of the euphyllia, and I struggled to get them out of the leg of the caulostrea. It starts to bend if you don't get the leg out; I dipped it in fresh water, and they started to come out. Time passes, and it begins to bloom again.

Andrew7823

I personally observed how the Black Sea polychaetes in my aquarium were devouring these worms, and now the dog has eaten some shrimp, and quite a few have multiplied again, although they are still small, about 5-6 cm.

Julie3950

Do boxers get along with lismats?

Stephen

No. The boxers are combat crabs. With their powerful claws, they will tear the lismata into fragments and for "dessert"...

Kevin262

Bad

Andrew419

I think it all depends on the length of the aquarium. In my 500 liters (1m50cm), a pair of boxers and 7 lysmata lived perfectly well. Each, however, in their own corner. Also, the more lysmata there are, the bolder they behave. I meant Lysa amboinensis.

Linda

Strangely, my stenopus were also adults, and the female was constantly carrying eggs. This bunch of shrimp lived for about 8 months. Then I sold them. That's how it happened.

Susan1358

Offtopic These yes, they can

Gary6376

Well, I also had a female that was always full of eggs. Maybe the reason is also in the bottom feed. If it's in sufficient quantity, then stenopuses might not be interested in other inhabitants, but I can definitely say that at that time the bottom feed situation was bad...

Sydney

From personal experience, I have successfully fed my 120-liter tank with a couple of lismats for breakfast to the cichlids. But I know an aquarium where the cichlids live with lismats, and it's smaller in volume, but there are more hiding spots there.

Chris

This also means a lot. If there are few shelters, the likelihood of an attack increases. A predator is a predator.

Julie3950

In 2005, a pair of lyretails, a pair of boxers, and a cardinal lived in 220 liters. I sold all of them alive and healthy when I left the country.

Chad231

And what is their further fate?

Jeffrey496

Is Jurassik still on the forum? If I remember correctly, he bought it. If he reads this, he will probably reply.

Frank7213

In my 150-liter tank, a thorny starfish has been living with a boxer for over six months. I think that largely depends on the character of the boxer. Mine doesn't bother anyone except for the polychaete... although there are some that it could.

Alexandra

I also have a boxer and a lisamata living together for almost a year, and so far everything is fine. When I introduced the lisamata, the boxer couldn't calm down and spent whole days racing around the aquarium (80x55x60), but then he settled down. The lisamata just gives way to him when this important character goes about his business.

Steven757

Will the boxer live together with Lysa Debelius in 150 liters?

Tami

I have had boxers with lisamates (amboinensis and dibelius) for over two years.