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Steven757
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.