Tube worms infesting my rocks

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Hello, I’ve noticed a lot of tube worms starting to infest one of my rocks. Are they bad to keep in my tank? i’m also wondering if it’s a signal that my water quality is good or bad

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Looks like white tube worms not bad but can get crazy
Alright if they get out of hand how would i go about removing them? also here’s a photo of them under white light
 

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You can break them off if you don’t want them or get a copper band of flame angel to eat them
 

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I usually have had them, but they have never reached infestation levels. I suspect that if you don't overfeed, the numbers will regulate themselves.

At the moment, I basically can't find any in my tank. I suspect my mature melanurus wrasse eats them, but I could be wrong. I don't think dwarf angels will do much damage to them, at least my flames never did.
 

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I've had them and they did over populate at one point. But over time they did self regulate and it's not an issue.
 

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