Bristle Worm Slayer! (Pics!)

[montanabay]

It was an epic battle, I was watching when Eddie got hold of this guy deep in a LR hole, I saw he had something big, took him 30sec of pulling to get that monster bristle worm out ~2". Pretty sweet action, testament that CBS will control your b.worms. I hope the pics work, if not I'll edit in a few.

Cheers,

Josh

 

[Ebmorri]

links don't work :-(

 

[T-T-Trigger]

what an amazing display of gastrointestinal fortitude. nice camera too. !

 

[Mrseptember15]

I need one of those. Are they reefsafe?

 

[montanabay]

umm, 90% yes, he'll chase other shrimp and fish, if he can actually grab and catch them it will kill them. I have a 24gal nano with a lot of LR. I have a peppermint that fights with him often (I managed to get a really aggressive peppermint), and a blenny that sometimes gets caught sleeping and Eddie with try to grab him (never really gets that close). I'd say give it a try, but be ready to bottle trap him on the 10% chance he's a PITA.

Cheers,

Josh

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9333772#post9333772 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mrseptember15
I need one of those. Are they reefsafe?

yup

 

[650-IS350]

I wouldn't bother would those ornamental shrimp, had tried them numerous times, just became very agressive and territorial... has killed a bunch of shrimp i've had in previous tanks... same with smaller fish as well.... I don't care much for them... My wife's uncle didn't listen to me either, the one he had in his tiny tank managed to kill a bunch of tiny fish in his tank..

There good cleaners for aggressive type fish such as large morays and such but not in a small tank with smaller docile individuals.

If you really wanted something like this, I've heard of the smaller gold type species as being way less agressive and grows smaller

 

[KWoo008]

I've had a small pair of Gold CBS in my NC12 for about a month now, but I have yet to see them go after any bristle worms in my tank. To be honest, I hardly ever see them at all... but I do see a lot of bristle worms crawling all over the place. I hope my pair starts developing a taste for them like Eddie.

BTW great pics, Montanabay!!