Pinkish Bristle-Worm sighted

Thank you to everyone who responded. My friend came upstairs and found the bristle worm had the blenny by the tail and was attempting to pull it up into the rock with it!!! I am going now to get a crab and I'm aware that it will most likely go after the anemone, but I am only going to keep it in the tank until it kills the bristle worm and then I am going to retun it to the fish store. I figure this is a better idea than letting the bristle worm get to my anemone first. What kind of crabs are reef safe? I know im rushing into this but the fish store said I can return the crab if it not the right one.
 
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I can't think of anything that would be reef safe and able to eat your bristle worm!:shake: I'm afraid that manual removal is your only option. Your other stuff would be much easier to catch than the worm.
Hope I'm wrong beuse I know that would be much easier than having to take everyhing else apart to find it.
hope this helps
Chris
 
I bought two porcline crabs becuase they are cute... and an arrow crab for the worm. They told me it wouldn't mess with what i had. I put the anemone back in the hang in refugium just so it wouldn't be possible for the arrow to get him, but i just have two mushrooms, polyps and a toadstool leather... she said it should take care of the bristleworms.. and that i could leave it in there if i wanted too... shes my friend and gave me a discount, i dont think she would try to make money off me... and said i could bring it back after it was done. um... what would the arrow crab go after in a reef??


ps. getting a skimmer this weekend, yay!
 
I've heard

from multiple sources, that Coral banded shrimp are good for keeping the smaller bristle worms from making it to mature adulthood.

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/thes...L-CBANDSHR.html

that's one source

also do a search in google on "bristle worm trap" and you'll get some ideas for how to make one of your own.

ALSO, Orchid dottyback will help keep the bristle worms in check.

"Pseudochromis Fridmani are great fish for keeping the bristle worm population down." says one aquarist.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=162
 
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what would the arrow crab go after in a reef??
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Anything that doesn't move. Certainly any fanworms. I can't remember any reliable reports about them eating polyps, but some people have even complained of them eating fish.

Frankly, the bristleworms seem like the lesser evil to me.
 
ARROW CRAB VS BRISTLE WORM

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