Tonight, on "Live Rock Central":
2 days ago: Well, looks like we lost a snail. Oh well, snail death isn't super uncommon. Weird mucus sack surrounding it though. And wait! What was that? A bright orange bristle worm eating the snail? Cool! We've got a Broncos bristle worm cleaning up the tank! Super awesome!
Today: Hmmm. Another dying snail, with a big mucus sack around it. And look at that: there's that Broncos Bristle Worm again.
I find myself in possession of a Oenone Fulgida worm, which is fantastic little hitch hiker I hadn't heard of before. The odds are not in favor of my 8 remaining snails. And the internet is all in a tizzy about the best way to remove these worms (people will go to some crazy extreme measures to remove them).
Here's my question though. I'm generally a "live and let live" in my aquariums. So on a scale of 1 to 10, how badly do I need to get this guy out? It seems that it will attack and eat any snails or clams, but I don't intend to keep clams. Future stocking plans include zoas, mushrooms, other softies, and some LPS like hammers or candy cane corals or the like. The information I'm finding says only that it'll eat snails and clams. Should I really be prepared to napalm the tank just to get rid of this worm?
Also, I can't take out the rock he's living in because its the biggest piece of live rock in my month-old tank. I'm not convinced I've got the bacteria colonies in the other rock (which was mostly dry when I bought it) to make up for this large piece of rock getting cooked.
2 days ago: Well, looks like we lost a snail. Oh well, snail death isn't super uncommon. Weird mucus sack surrounding it though. And wait! What was that? A bright orange bristle worm eating the snail? Cool! We've got a Broncos bristle worm cleaning up the tank! Super awesome!
Today: Hmmm. Another dying snail, with a big mucus sack around it. And look at that: there's that Broncos Bristle Worm again.
I find myself in possession of a Oenone Fulgida worm, which is fantastic little hitch hiker I hadn't heard of before. The odds are not in favor of my 8 remaining snails. And the internet is all in a tizzy about the best way to remove these worms (people will go to some crazy extreme measures to remove them).
Here's my question though. I'm generally a "live and let live" in my aquariums. So on a scale of 1 to 10, how badly do I need to get this guy out? It seems that it will attack and eat any snails or clams, but I don't intend to keep clams. Future stocking plans include zoas, mushrooms, other softies, and some LPS like hammers or candy cane corals or the like. The information I'm finding says only that it'll eat snails and clams. Should I really be prepared to napalm the tank just to get rid of this worm?
Also, I can't take out the rock he's living in because its the biggest piece of live rock in my month-old tank. I'm not convinced I've got the bacteria colonies in the other rock (which was mostly dry when I bought it) to make up for this large piece of rock getting cooked.