Christmas Tree Worms

[ColaAddict]

Anyone have experience with the Christmas Tree Worms? Do you guys consider them cool, or pests. I think they grow on corals. I'm thinking of buying them.

 

[BADGUS]

My wife Loves them,i have a rock covered in blue,red,orange,pink,yellow worms.They are super cool.

 

[Cubzbiggestfan]

Love the Xmas trees. Looking at some myself

 

[ColaAddict]

anyone locally sell em

 

[Tank2379]

Yeah those are very nice to have- I would not mine some in my system.

 

[imbuggin]

they 100% never live, but they are cool at first

 

[ColaAddict]

I have a ton of small fan worms all over my tank, so I'm sure I can keep those.

 

[AQUAPROS]

Xmas worms need lots of feeding(phyto,etc), and require moderate to high light to keep the coral(usually porites) into alive. I have seen them growing on other calcerous corals as well. They're some really cool colors!

 

[BADGUS]

they 100% never live, but they are cool at first

I've had mine well over a year and they have multiplied.

 

[soggy pocktets]

Mario at Aquatica has several different sizes last week.

 

[imbuggin]

I've had mine well over a year and they have multiplied.

colorful christmas tree or fan worms? I had some christmas trees worms live about 18 months was my best.

Are they lving or thriving and reproducing? Is the coral they are in still alive?

 

[ColaAddict]

Hey Gus, what do you feed your tank and feather dusters? also do you have the Xmas tree worm rock in bright light or shaded? I'm reading about them, some say bright light, some say shaded.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I've seen them at Coral Reef. I love shooting pics of them on dives.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Hey Gus, what do you feed your tank and feather dusters? also do you have the Xmas tree worm rock in bright light or shaded? I'm reading about them, some say bright light, some say shaded.

I don't think worms care about light at all.

 

[soggy pocktets]

nice pics Jeni!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Thanks! You really have to get the shot just right & sneak up on them. They're gone as soon as the camera clicks.

 

[SaylorsReef]

Awesome photo Jeni!

 

[ColaAddict]

I have been doing research on them and some read that you should place them on high light for the coral that they are on. Some say to keep them in shaded part of aquarium. Anyone know about how photosynthetic their host corals are?

 

[Stonefish13]

It depends what their host coral is. I have sbout v20 worms on a rock with porities and they are spreading onto rocks around them and are also up high in my tank. I also have some that live on a favia and they're in the lower half of the tank. I feed them phyto and have had them for awhile.

 

[imbuggin]

It depends what their host coral is. I have sbout v20 worms on a rock with porities and they are spreading onto rocks around them and are also up high in my tank. I also have some that live on a favia and they're in the lower half of the tank. I feed them phyto and have had them for awhile.

how long? are the worms spreading or the host coral? If you have the worms reproducing, nice work!

As far as the host corals most are in some type of sps that need lots of light. Years ago (20) I got what was called "worm rock" from florida. It was the christmas tree worms in the coolest coraline cover rocks not coral with tubes and clams on it. The entire rock work would move. It was amazing and I have never seen anything like it. After a few months it started to dye off, stunk up the entire house for a month and all the worms bailed from the rocks and died.