What on earth happened to it?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Most worms will only eat an anemone if the anemone is already hurt. Bristleworms are very good for the tank and shouldn't cause problems. They eat detritus mostly. IMO something else killed your nem or at least started the process.

[rstar]

When my father-in-law first got into the hobby he put an anemone in his tank. That evening he watched some sort of anenome eating worm make a b-line for the anemone and start boring into it, it was like 2 feet long. It ended up injuring it quite badly and nuked his tank, He said the worm moved really quite fast, and broke apart when he tried catching it. I believe it was a type of polychaete, a fire worm. By the sound of how your anemone looked, it sounds like how fireworms consume its prey

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=292

[my2rotties]

Well that gave me the shivers... I never want to put my hand into my tank ever again

Thanks so much for this info and I will be doing some research now that I have something to go by. I really appreciate your help.

THANK YOU!!!

Originally Posted by rstar

When my father-in-law first got into the hobby he put an anemone in his tank. That evening he watched some sort of anenome eating worm make a b-line for the anemone and start boring into it, it was like 2 feet long. It ended up injuring it quite badly and nuked his tank, He said the worm moved really quite fast, and broke apart when he tried catching it. I believe it was a type of polychaete, a fire worm. By the sound of how your anemone looked, it sounds like how fireworms consume its prey

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=292

[rstar]

You are welcome, at least its somewhere to start!!

Originally Posted by my2rotties

Thanks so much for this info and I will be doing some research now that I have something to go by. I really appreciate your help.

THANK YOU!!!