Anyone here ever deal with oenone fulgida worms?

Hadla · 05/11/2017, 01:22 PM

Thought I was done with the damn bastards months ago and last night, I just noticed a tiny one in my biocube again

god I hate these things!

Thinking I'll just have to build a trap this time unless someone has another suggestion?

olemiss reb · 05/11/2017, 04:21 PM

C. regius will eat them but I wouldn't advise one for a biocube unless you can re-home it to a larger system once the worms are gone.

Hadla · 05/12/2017, 05:54 AM

Ha, someone from Louisiana! lol I'm a native, anyway, what's a C. Regius? Can definitely rehome

Hadla · 05/12/2017, 03:33 PM

Yeah I'm guessing the crown cone snail? I have lots of invertebrates in there though :/

olemiss reb · 05/13/2017, 07:07 AM

Baton Rouge here, never been out to Cali.

Regius will only eat worms, other inverts are safe. Last item on their snail list--- http://reeftopia.com/reefaquariumsnails.htm

Hadla · 05/13/2017, 02:03 PM

Oh ok thanks! No I meant I'm a Louisiana native lol grew up in chackbay

Alexraptor · 06/04/2017, 08:18 AM

I've had a problem with Fulgida worms for a few years now, two of them I've gotten rid of, a bit by chance, but there's at least one more I've yet to hunt down.

The first one was kind of dumb luck, it had made itself at home in the active carbon in my fuge. The second one I spotted at night and had left its burrow and crawled in under a frag that was laying loose in the sand bed, and was pretty easy to grab with a pair of tweezers.

05/11/2017, 01:22 PM	#1
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Anyone here ever deal with oenone fulgida worms? Thought I was done with the damn bastards months ago and last night, I just noticed a tiny one in my biocube again god I hate these things! Thinking I'll just have to build a trap this time unless someone has another suggestion? __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

05/11/2017, 04:21 PM	#2
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	C. regius will eat them but I wouldn't advise one for a biocube unless you can re-home it to a larger system once the worms are gone. __________________ secesh

05/12/2017, 05:54 AM	#3
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Ha, someone from Louisiana! lol I'm a native, anyway, what's a C. Regius? Can definitely rehome __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

05/12/2017, 03:33 PM	#4
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Yeah I'm guessing the crown cone snail? I have lots of invertebrates in there though :/ __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

05/13/2017, 07:07 AM	#5
olemiss reb Molon Labe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,550	Baton Rouge here, never been out to Cali. Regius will only eat worms, other inverts are safe. Last item on their snail list--- http://reeftopia.com/reefaquariumsnails.htm __________________ secesh

05/13/2017, 02:03 PM	#6
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Oh ok thanks! No I meant I'm a Louisiana native lol grew up in chackbay __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

06/04/2017, 08:18 AM	#7
Alexraptor Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 352	I've had a problem with Fulgida worms for a few years now, two of them I've gotten rid of, a bit by chance, but there's at least one more I've yet to hunt down. The first one was kind of dumb luck, it had made itself at home in the active carbon in my fuge. The second one I spotted at night and had left its burrow and crawled in under a frag that was laying loose in the sand bed, and was pretty easy to grab with a pair of tweezers.