Bristleworm population

[Beaux]

so whats your take on these pesky lil buggers? i recently noticed a drastic increase in numbers of them in both my tanks. any sugestions? i picked alot of them outa my small tank but most of my live rock in the big tank is rather large so i havent messed with it alot as of yet. i know dr foster and smith sell a little trap thats nifty n werks good from what ive heard, but i was just wondering as i have heard conflucting stories about them. are they beneficial or harmful to a reef tank? i took 3 cups of them out..enuff of em to cover bottom of a coffecup..lol! so ive been kinda wonderin..lol. thanks for n e info yall!
Beaux

 

[cam191919]

as long as they're not fireworms then they are benificial to any SW tank

 

[archer772]

They are a good addition to your CUC. I would try reducing the amount you feed if you dont want lots of them in your tank

 

[Beaux]

cool! ill leave the lil critters to themselves then and reduce my fish n coral feedings. think ill do a big removal of them from the big tank, like i did the small one though..lol. theres like 30-50 i can see when i feed so theres aloooot more than that in there im sure. ill look up fireworm too so ill know what one looks like. thanks!
Beaux

 

[Beaux]

ok, lol whitch of these pictures are what?
google.com/m?oe=utf-8&client=ms-opera-mobile&q=fireworm&channel=new&site=images&ct=more-results&oi=image_result_group&sa=X&ei=RkkAS5j9J8aitweG64v_Ag&cd=1&resnum=1
some of em look like what i got n some dont! rhanks!
Beaux

 

[FindingBlemo]

It looks to me like the fireworm is red with white fans and is a little shorter, stouter. The bristleworm looks skinnier with smaller bristles and sometimes a color change halfway. I'm just going by the contrasting pictures because all I have is the sedentary worms, fan worms, and the spirobis worm. I hope I helped!