Christmas Tree Worm Habitat

The christmas tree worm is normally found in the aquarium store as several individuals attached to a small piece of rock or live rock rubble.

Christmas tree worm habitat. Once settled down a christmas tree worm can live upwards of 30 years. Though 10 20 is more common 5. The christmas tree worm lives on tropical coral reefs throughout the world in relatively shallow waters less than 100 feet deep.

Only the classics for these worms. Habitat of the christmas tree worm. 1 when startled these worms will rapidly retreat back into their burrows later poking a small amount of their bristles back out of their burrows to determine if the danger has passed.

Once christmas tree worms find a coral to live in they don t move much and their brightly colored plumes make them easy to spot in the ocean. They seem to prefer certain coral species. They aren t very big averaging about 1 5 inches in length.