Best method to control bristle worms

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Samw

My corals were pretty healthy when they were being devoured. The orange Ricordia (in the center bottom) had been splitting for a year and were always expanded during the day. Then they just started disappearing and it was clear that the mushrooms were being eaten. Even with pieces of the polyp missing, they would expand during the day. It was clear that the corals were healthy but just eaten. After the orange Ricordia were gone, the zoas in the area started to disappear as well. When I look in the tank at night, I can see bristleworms eating them. One minute, the polyp is there, the next, it is gone. To me, it is clear that they are eating healthy corals.

Very interesting, I have what I thought were bristle worms in my tank but now I'm not so sure. I have had a few zoos disapear for no apparent reason, but maybe these worms were eating them. I will have to take a closer look at them when I get home.

[Sydney]

Would a Coral Banded Shrimp eat my peppermints? How about my Nassarius?

[TJSlayer]

I have a purple legged CBS in with my 4 pepermints and 2 cleaner shrimp and have had no problems. I also still have worms in the tank and I have a 6 lne and a yellow coris wrasse, and some sort of dotty back as well yellow body with a durple cap on top.

The fish are fairly small right now but hopefully they will start to make a dent in the population. Tanks a 75gal.

[AJ_77]

I had a cleaner shrimp that hunted worms continuously (and with great vigour). Between that and the Copperbanded Butterfly they were held firmly in check.

If I saw a 10-inch worm I'm thinking I would kill it just because... gives me the willys.

That one thread with the 3-footer in the piping almost made me gag.