Fireworm And Royal Grammer

[craigybaby37]

got 2 questions to ask you all and see if i can get some advice on them.

1: Firstly when i come home from work today i knowtised a fireworm (at least i think thats what it is) It looked just like a centipeed or however its spelt. The body was only about 5mm wide but was a good 3" long from what i could see of it. It was hanging around my new leather coral i added on sunday s o ime wondering if it hitchhiked its way on the rock the coral is on. anyway will it do any harm being in the tank??? if so can i remove it by using the old bottle trap???

2: Got myself a royal grammer sunday aswell and after acclimating it to the tank that night it cowered up in the corner of the tank behind a shell and didnt move. Nest day it had found itself a nice hiding spot in the rocks and mostly stayed there but did come out for food when i fed them. Is this normall behaviour of a royal grammer or is it still getting used to its surroundings???

 

[Lynden]

Re the royal gramma, mine used to hide constantly and I would only see him darting out to catch food. He was so well hidden that when I moved house I though he had died and got eaten as I couldn't find him in the tank and subsequently did not capture him with the others. This was until a few months later when I noticed him reach out and grab a piece of food.

Re the bristleworm, if you catch it taking "bites" out of your coral it would be best to remove it or introduce a predator. Otherwise, leave it.

 

[Matty P]

From memory the Fireworm shouldn't do any damage to your corals (obviously if it does, remove it!). Careful handling them, they have stinging bristles.

 

[craigybaby37]

Thanks for the advice on that. Seems a shame that its the typical behaviour of a royal grammer as they are so colourfull it would be nice to see them about the tank more......however saying that it may come out a bit more given a few more days of settling in.

Ill leave the fireworm for the time being then....reason i said about it being a hitchhiker is that ive never seen it before. Will keey an eye on the corals aswell to make sure no chunks get taken out of them.

 

[Matty P]

Thanks for the advice on that. Seems a shame that its the typical behaviour of a royal grammer as they are so colourfull it would be nice to see them about the tank more......however saying that it may come out a bit more given a few more days of settling in.

Ill leave the fireworm for the time being then....reason i said about it being a hitchhiker is that ive never seen it before. Will keey an eye on the corals aswell to make sure no chunks get taken out of them.

Royal GrammA

 

[craigybaby37]

oops sorry my bad lol....thats probably why i was having trouble finding images from google.

 

[Matty P]

Yes that would be your problem