Best method to control bristle worms

[mike31154]

Just yesterday I observed one of my cleaner shrimp haul what I believe was a bristle worm out of a crevice in the rock and make short work of it. Never really paid much attention to bristle worms before or worried about controlling them. I've seen a number of them on occasion but all were quite small.

[Haloreef]

I put a decorator crab in my 80gal reef just because I liked him. Imagine my surprise when I saw him about a week later walking around with a 5" bristle worm hanging out of his mouth like a piece of spaggetti. Before the crab you would see al least one or two every night after the moon lights came on. Now all I see are tiny ones if I ever see them.
Hope this helps.

[vaporize]

I have best luck with a spiny blue lobster (the ones without craws), it cleared my 120G tank of any bristle worms. However make sure your frags are mounted securely as it comes out at night to poke into holes to find bristle worms

[tikkle]

I had so many bristle worms before I add the cleaner shrimp in my tank. Within a week or so, they all disappeared.

[Samw]

Here are some bristleworm videos.

eating a zoa polyp:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...02926867&hl=en

spawning:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49296009&hl=en

group video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...71029957&hl=en