Bristle worm removal?

Arrow crabs are great at killing bristle worms. But they get large fast and can get pretty pushy when it comes to stealing food from LPS. I would not keep one in a tank with any type of seahorses. They will eat them if they can catch them. Just cut back on the feedings and the population will self regulate.

 

Cost of new live sand. Water, etc. And I know the bristle worms didnt kill the shrimp. I just didn't know exactly how many there were. I imagined maybe 2 or 3, but about
6x more than that showed up. The seahorses aren't in the tank yet. I just want to get rid of the bristles before I get anything that sensitive. If it comes down to it, I could have returned the arrow to my lfs and gotten store credit. I was just searching for bristles and i think I found a hitchhiker mantis shrimp. And the tank was used for a hospital tank, housing a mandarin that had been starving and being stalked by cannibalistic tank mates. That and the shrimp are the only things it's really ever housed.

 

If you really want them out, put a piece of shrimp in a piece of pantyhose (or a bottle with the top part inverted) and catch them. They'll get stuck in the pantyhose/bottle and you can just pull it out.

 

Will do. Thanks