Bristleworm question

So I have now found 4 large (3"-4") pink/peach colored bristleworms, along with a few small ones (1"). I have a 36 gallon tank with 50lbs of rock and my question is how many bristleworms are too many?

I think what I have is a lot and they are big so if it is too much what is the best thing to put in to get rid of them. I need some more livestock too so maybe it will keep them down in the future.

In the tank
A few snails and hermits
1 fire shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp
1 emerald crab
1 yellow tail damsel
1 royal gramma

Thanks for the help

I have a pic of the bristleworm I can show too, I don't think they are bad ones...

 

well I have about 30 or 40 in my tank at night when the lights go out.lol (could be more).
I have never seen them hurt any of the corals but if they get to big I try to remove them.

 

how much are you feeding the tank ? i have always had them and have never had a bad thing happen w/them they are a good part of a cleanup crew and 4 lg and a couple of small are not a lot i wouldnt worry about it

 

Oh wow... 30 or 40. I guess I shouldn't be to worried then... I hope that they don't ever mess with anything. I saw somewhere that the fire worms can mess with things.

 

I have some that come out when I feed. I have salad tongs and grab out big ones. I have heard they can be advantageous to a degree. I have a small tupperware 1x1 with a hole just large enough for them to get in. I then put a small shrimp in it from my freezer, get all the air out and place it in the sand near the LRs. You must try it a few times, but in the morning I have pulled out as many as 5 of the worms in it. Also, the shrimp stinks to high heaven by the morning. I just do it now and then when I think there are too many. Good luck, and don't touch the darn things!!!

 

i would say too many would be if you could shovel them out with a scoop by the 10 or 20's I don't worrie about them in fact since I have gotten my dimond goby the numbers have reduced. But they still could be lurking in there some where

 

I appreciate your help... I guess one of the main reasons I would get rid of them is my Fiance thinks they look like something out of a horrible sci/fi channel made for tv movie. I always like those cheesy movies.

 

it is really hard to get rid of them.

 

yes it is.
i have a once a month hunt with a trap to get as many as I can. The thing with the trap is you have to put it where they are watch it and when you have a few pull the trap( the one you can buy anyways) because they can get back out despite what the instructions say. then do it all over again.

I feed every 3 days a small pinch of food and the corals I target feed once a week not even a quater cube. I have know idea what they are living off but they have never bothered anything so I tolerate them to a degree.