Bristle Worms

Is it just me or do they gross everyone out? I Hate them and i take them out any chance i get with a good pair of tweezers. I Have this really big one in my tank thats just to quick for me. Is there anything out there that eats them? Or am I just stuck with having them.

 

I heard a 6line wrasse will eat them. I try to get them with tweezers but I must be too slow. Those guys suck back into their hole too fast for me. I haven't seen a nuisance problem in my tank so I just leave them, I haven't seen any dining on my corals.

 

Yea I dont see any problems with them, besides when I look at them in my tank it makes my stomach turn. I dont grossed out by any other worms besides those things. I just hate them so much. haha And yea those suckers are quick.

 

I am always scared to get stung by one. I have long arms and i wouldn't want to get stung while working in the tank and then my first reaction would be to jerk my arms back and knock everything down! I can be pretty clumsy some times.

 

Coral banded shrimp, arrow crabs, certain types of wrasses (have to be careful, cause some that eat bristle worms are NOT reef safe) dottybacks (bi-color psuedo-chromis) and a couple others all come to mind.

Just keep in mind that things that will eat one thing normally eat others too. for example, arrow crabs might also go after your inverts, wrasses will eat coral etc. etc.

 

I have a coral banded shrimp which may be why i haven't seen too many bristle worms. He is such a cool critter but he is pretty shy.

 

Our six-line wrasse got rid of the bristle worms - We used to see him swimming around with pieces of them in his mouth. Yuck!